Mountaintop removal seriously impacts the environment, but it also brings jobs and access to coal. Coal supplies nearly half of our electrical power plants. Do some research on mountaintop removal and compile a position paper to answer the following questions:
For your research, you can do an Internet keyword search on “mountaintop removal.” You can also use the website you saw on the previous page (https://www.epa.gov/sc-mining/basic-information-about-surface-coal-mining-appalachia) and these two sources, which present arguments from both proponents and opponents of mountaintop removal. You can take any position you want, but be sure to support your argument either for or against mountaintop removal with evidence from your research.
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