As Bad As It Sounds: Mountaintop Removal
Vice TV releases a free documentary on environmentally devastating mountaintop removal practices in West Virginia's coal industry
In BACKPACKER's March Issue, contributing editor Tracy Ross followed the evangelical environmental movement as they fought against mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia ("Hike. Pray. Protest." p. 80).
Now VBS TV is webcasting a documentary investigating mountaintop removal, and it's worth a watch. Hipster-host smugness aside, it's a solid primer for what's at stake, and well worth the 20 minutes you'd otherwise blow playing Angry Birds.
—Ted Alvarez
