Politics Researchers reveal scope of damage to Appalachia from coal mining Between 1985 and 2015, an average of 21,000 acres was converted to bare earth and rubble.
Causes insideclimatenews.org Mountaintop mining is destroying more land for less coal, study finds Using satellite images, researchers tracked the scars spreading across Appalachia. They found 3 times more land being stripped per ton of coal than in the 1980s.
