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Mountain Top Removal

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How not to power your state

ther than Georgia, North Carolina uses more  coal from mountaintop removal than any other state. Approximately 30% of our state’s electricity comes from impoverished and environmentally devastated communities in southern Appalachia.
Representative Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) tried to remedy North Carolina’s dirty secret in the past legislative session, introducing the Appalachian Mountains Preservation Act, which gained 27 co-sponsors from both sides of the [...]

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