We listen to your voices on mountaintop removal

By Fallon Pierson

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June 26, 2009 · The debate over mountaintop removal mining is always contentious, and it’s been heating up even more in the last few weeks, with protests and hearings in Congress.

Footage from the mountaintop removal protest, June 2009

We took to the streets of Charleston last week to ask people a simple question – what’s your opinion about mountaintop removal? As you will hear, West Virginians remain deeply divided.

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