World Catastrophe Map: Reclaiming West Virginia’s mountains for KFC
29 May 2012 (CatMap) – This was once a useless old mountain, now reclaimed for positive economic impact by coal companies and their friends in the legislature.
In order for coal mining companies to earn the right blow the tops of mountains, pollute the streams below and fuck up the natural landscape beyond imagination, they have promised to reclaim the flat remains of the mountain and create positive economic opportunities where the mountain once was. They have destroyed just under 500 mountains in the past ten years, but have reclaimed about 5% of the land. In most cases, the reclamation process is an even bigger joke than the satiric image above. Please admire iLoveMountains’ reclamation FAIL map. […]
Coal Companies’ Legendary Commitment to Mountain Reclamation