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Meanings of mountaintop removal in English

Form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain.

Usage of mountaintop removal in English
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Activists have fought a losing legal battle against mountaintop removal mining.
Wired
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RAN is part of a broad coalition fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal.
The Guardian
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For more on what mountaintop removal mining means, environmentally and humanly, read my article on it.
Wired
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In addition to the negative impact on employment, mountaintop removal has terrible effects on the land.
The Guardian
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It's cheaper and more efficient than old-fashioned mining, but the effects of mountaintop removal -or MTR -are devastating.
Wired
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The Sierra Club called it a bold new policy to protect communities and waterways from the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining.
Reuters
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The bulk of my research was geared toward the mountaintop removals.
Rogues
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Mountaintop removal mining is devastating the Appalachian mountains in the US.
The Guardian
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Mountaintop removal, West Virginia.
The world without us
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Mountaintop removal has destroyed 500 Appalachian mountains, decimated 1 million acres of forest, and buried 2000 miles of streams.
Reuters