Mountaintop Mining Spreads in Appalachia: 1985-2015

July 26, 2018

Satellite images from 1985 to 2015 show how mountaintop removal mining spread across this 12,000-square-mile area of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Credit: Christian Thomas/SkyTruth

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