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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