Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Leveling Appalachia offers a first-hand look at mountaintop removal mining and what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people.
During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region's forests and waterways.
At a time when the Obama administration is reviewing mining permit applications throughout West Virginia and three other states, this video offers a first-hand look at mountaintop removal and what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people
Credits
Recognition
Online Journalism Awards
Year: 2010
Place: Winner
Category: Online Video Journalism, Small Site
National Magazine Awards for Digital Media
Year: 2010
Place: Winner
Category: Video
NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Year: 2010
Place: First
Category: Documentary Video