Stripping Mountains to Power D.C. - washingtonpost.com

April 20 2008, 10:49pm

Stripping Mountains to Power D.C. - washingtonpost.comSource: http://www.washingtonpost.comMUD, W.Va. -- This is a place where "moving mountains" is no longer a figure of speech. Here, among the steep green Appalachians, mining companies are moving mountains off their pedestals to get the kind of coal that Washington needs.    Mountain-top removal strip mining--enough said.