| The news media and the rest of the country typically think of mountaintop removal as an environmental problem. But ità ‚¬ „ s a human crisis as well, scraping away not just coal but also the freedoms of Appalachian residents, people who have always been told they are of less value than the resources they live above. Those of us who protest mountaintop removal do it for the environment, but weà ‚¬ „ re also fighting to prove we are not unwarranted burdens. Our water and air are being poisoned, but the most dangerous toxin is the message that people donà ‚¬ „ t matter. |
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