COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Appalachian Apocalypse
Description: Mountaintop removal is used to extract coal as quickly and as cheaply as possible This method is employed in one of North America's most biologically diverse ecosystems, central Appalachia. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reports that two-thirds of those warblers are in decline, largely because their habitat is being cleared by bulldozers and buried with explosives. [Source: Natural Resources Defense Council]
URL: http://www.onearth.org/article/appalachian-apocalypse
Availability: Full Text
Source: Natural Resources Defense Council
Publish Date: 10/15/2007
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length: 2

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