"An explosive is detonated at an A & G Coal Corporation surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains on April 16, 2012, in Wise County, Virginia. Critics refer to this type of mining as ""mountaintop-removal mining"" which has destroyed 500 mountain peaks and at least 1,200 miles of streams while causing increased flooding."
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