Site-Clearing: Internet Sources for Enviromental Impacts

Your operation involves clearing the site in preparation for mining the coal.  This includes removing trees and other vegetation (deforestation) and stripping off the topsoil.

Please make use of these internet sources:

1. Appalachian Voices (scroll down to the section on Flooding): http://appvoices.org/end-mountaintop-removal/community/

2. The Strip Mining Handbook (Scroll down to the sections on: Environmental Effects and Damage to Land Resources): https://sites.google.com/site/stripmininghandbook/chapter-2-1

3. The World Counts: http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Negative-Effects-of-Coal-Mining

4. Effects of Deforestation: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/deforestation2.htm

5. eSchoolToday: http://eschooltoday.com/forests/problems-of-deforestation.html
   

6. LiveScience (Scroll down to the section on: Other Effects of Deforestation): www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html