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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mountaintop-mining-affects-life-landscape-west-virginia by Miles O'Brien 3/5/17 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mountaintop-mining-affects-life-landscape-west-virginia by Miles O'Brien 3/5/17 PBS NEWS] | ||
Deep layers of underground coal are all but gone in West Virginia after 200 years of relentless mining, leaving thinner seams of coal on top of the state's beautiful mountains. But surface mining carries a huge cost: nothing less than mountains themselves. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how the Appalachian landscape is being fundamentally and irrevocably changed. | Deep layers of underground coal are all but gone in West Virginia after 200 years of relentless mining, leaving thinner seams of coal on top of the state's beautiful mountains. But surface mining carries a huge cost: nothing less than mountains themselves. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how the Appalachian landscape is being fundamentally and irrevocably changed. | ||
=====Sago: The Anatomy of Reporting Gone Wrong===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2006/01/04/5126627/sago-the-anatomy-of-reporting-gone-wrong by David Folkenflik 4/1/06 npr] | |||
National news organizations flooded the small mining community of Sago, W. Va., to cover the trapped miners. But mistaken information from seemingly authoritative sources allowed good news to outrace the truth. | |||
