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THINK IT THROUGH As you finish your college degree, you learn that the mountains behind your childhood home in the hills of Kentucky are slated to be mined for coal using the mountaintop removal method. Your parents, who still live there, are worried for their health and safety and do not want to lose the beautiful forested creek and ravine behind their property. However, your brother is out of work and could use a steady, wellpaying mining job. What would you attempt to do in this situation?

THINK IT THROUGH As you finish your college degree, you learn that the mountains behind your childhood home in the hills of Kentucky are slated to be mined for coal using the mountaintop removal method. Your parents, who still live there, are worried for their health and safety and do not want to lose the beautiful forested creek and ravine behind their property. However, your brother is out of work and could use a steady, wellpaying mining job. What would you attempt to do in this situation?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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THINK IT THROUGH As you finish your college degree, you learn that the mountains behind your childhood home in the hills of Kentucky are slated to be mined for coal using the mountaintop removal method. Your parents, who still live there, are worried for their health and safety and do not want to lose the beautiful forested creek and ravine behind their property. However, your brother is out of work and could use a steady, wellpaying mining job. What would you attempt to do in this situation?
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