Exhibit Information:
This photography exhibit tells the story, through pictures and words, of the devastating process of mountain top removal coal mining. This extremely destructive form of coal mining began in Appalachia in the 1970s, primarily in West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and has already affected over 470 mountains in this historically, environmentally, and culturally rich landscape. The mining practice is an extension of conventional strip mining techniques, which involves blasting off the top 500+ feet of the summit of mountains in order to extract the buried seams of coal beneath. The earth from the mountaintop and the toxic sludge associated with the extraction is then dumped into neighboring valleys or streams, causing massive flooding and other environmental problems. Families and communities who live near the extraction sites, who depend on clean water and clean breathing air, as all Americans do, are not receiving these basic rights.
Come learn about this devastating process of coal mining, how you and your hometown’s electric grid may be connected to it, and what you can do to help curb this highly destructive process.
Exhibit Opening:
Tuesday, January 22nd
The Grille: the Stage at the Juice Bar
4:00-5:30 pm
Refreshments will be served
Exhibit Locations:
Tuesday, January 22 - Tuesday, January 29
The Grille: the Stage at the Juice Bar
Wednesday, January 30 – TBD (first few weeks of Spring Semester)
The Armstrong Library in Bicentennial Hall