Front Porch Blog

April 9, 2006

MTR: Fact of the Day #2

JW Randolph

Mountaintop Removal Coal-mining has buried up to 1500 miles of Appalachian Streams.

Many of these polluted and buried streams serve as tributaries to major American Rivers on both sides of the Continental Divide, emptying into both the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean.

Get the facts on Mountaintop Removal

MTR:FotD #1

JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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