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"A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind" [1]

Residents of West Virginia's Raleigh County hope to save Coal River Mountain from being destroyed by mountaintop removal mining by building a wind energy project there.

Tom Zeller Jr. reports for the New York Times August 14, 2010. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Public [5]
Source: NYTimes [2], 08/16/2010
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