Appalachian Coal’s Dirty Trail

Shows the destruction and pollution caused by mountaintop removal mining and coal use…
SOURCES:
—- The Mountaintop Removal Road Show – http://www.mountainroadshow.com/
—- Mountain Justice – http://www.mjsb.org/html/mtr.html
—- Coal Is Dirty – http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/
—- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition – http://www.ohvec.org/
—- I Love Mountains – http://www.ilovemountains.org/
—- Kentuckians For The Commonwealth – http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/resources/fight-back/smcra
—- The Union of Concerned Scientists – http://www.kftc.org/
—- Appalachian Voices – http://www.appvoices.org/
—- Wikipedia the free online Encyclopedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/
—- EIA Kids Energy – http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics
—- Mad Scientist – http:www.madsci.org/posts/1262744400
—- Sludge Safety Project – http://www.sludgesafety.org/what_me_worry/heavy_metal.html
—- The Mountaintop Mining Consequences article (by a dozen concerned scientists) in the Jan. 7, 2010 issue of Science magazine – http://endmtr.com/palmer_mtr_science2010.pdf
—- The Environmental Protection Agency – http://www.epa.gov/mercury/control_emissions/global.htm
—- 2003 EPA Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fills in Appalachia – pg. III.A-6 – http://www.epa.gov/Region3/mtntop/
—- United Nations Environment Programme, The Global Atmospheric Assessment – http://www.unep.org/
—- The United States Government – http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/
—- The Environmental News Service – http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2004/2004-06-10-10.asp)
—- Earth Island Institute Journal – http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/moving_mountains1/
—- Truly Eco- and Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine by Jasmine Greene on www.Care2.com – http://all-creatures.org/
—- Using Radar to Protect Birds From Wind Farms – http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/using-radar-to-protect-birds-from-wind-farms/
—- Nov. 2006 UN report – Livestocks Long Shadow – ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/A0701E/A0701E00.pdf
—- John A. McDougall, M.D. – eating healthy – www.drmcdougall.com
———- CREDITS:
—- A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO:
— Dave Cooper of www.mountainroadshow.com for lots of information, help, and photos
— My oldest brother for his technical advice, critiques, and endless patience
—- PHOTOS BY AND FROM:
— Vivian Stockman at www.ohvec.org – Appalachian mountain, mountaintop removal, and related photos (Airplane service for her aerial shots was provided by South Wings at www.SouthWings.org)
— Darren Payne – Salamander and stream photos
— www.mountainroadshow.com and anonymous friends – Blasting, sludge, valley fill, reclamation, flood, and other mountaintop removal-related photos
— SBs (of Stinkbug Studios) oldest brother – Black cohosh blooms, bee, deer, and healthy vegan food photos
— SBs husband – Summer mountain landscape, fall lake, and close-up of fall trees photos
— SB – Her solar cooker in use photo
— Wikipedia – Wikimedia Commons Photos by: Ken Thomas, Jfacew, David Jolley, Dirk Ingo Franke, Mike Schiraldi, Spiritrock4u, Alfred Palmer, Jacob Windham, OlofE, FloraFarm GmbH Katharina Lohrie, Gzirk, Ersol, Anna, Marcbel, Drw25, Miya.m, and a few anonymous photographers
— The U.S. government and NASA (Public Domain photos)
—- 3-D THINGS:
— Mossy Rocks by DOA Services at www.doaservices.com
— 3-D Globe by Fringewood Design at http://cgi.fringewood.com/ with its textures from http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2.htm
— Plug & Socket (from toaster) and Branch (dead tree) by 3d true at www.3dtrue.com
— Eagle 2 by DAZ 3D at www.daz3d.com
— Jessica Casual; Table Lamp; Primitives; Long Hair Evo by Kozaburo; Cane and Rounded Cube by Dimension 3D; and Tree Trunk by Runtime DNA – all came with Poser 8, a virtual 3-D animation program by Smithmicro

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