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120 miles of streams are being destroyed each year by mountaintop removal

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2010

The drinking water supplies for communities across Appalachia are being threatened as coal companies dump their waste in Appalachia's clean waterways.

Source: U.S. EPA,“The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central Appalachian Coalfields.” 2011.

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