Hollow Victory > Comments > "Nice intro to a topic that needs to be shared."
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- Laura Herberg
- Username: H3RB0RG
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Joined PRX: Nov 30, 2008
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- "Hollow Victory"
- Summary: A David and Goliath battle against a mining technique that blows off mountaintops, buries streams and destroys communities in the hollows of West Virginia.
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Nice intro to a topic that needs to be shared.
Laura Herberg
Posted on December 01, 2008 at 12:00 AM
This is a nice introduction/overview to a huge problem that I feel few Americans, outside of Appalachia, have actually heard of, which is absolutely astounding! I was first introduced to the issue of Mountain Top Removal in the Summer of 2008, while browsing free on-demand documentaries in my home town of Seattle, WA. After watching a documentary about it, I was shocked that the issue had been going on so long but I had never heard about it. I recently moved to West Virginia as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer and I will tell you that this is a huge issue, one that partitions the state the way that the mountains were meant to, but may not for much longer. I think your listeners, wherever they may be, and whichever side they'll end up standing on, will thank you for exposing them to this issue.