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GRAVE

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400 yards above elementary school (Mitchell)

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2.8 billion gallons of toxic waste (Mitchell)

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Class C facility (Mitchell)

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http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2198

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Those mountains are a part of us. When I look at them, I know there is a creator -Janice Nease, Kayford, West Virginia, qtd. in Motavalli

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3 million pounds of explosives (Motavalli)

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sense of powerlessness and depression -Kriesky

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People raise millions to save whales and walruses and birds, but the state doesnt lift a hand to save the most precious thing in the world, a persons way of life -Patricia Bragg, resident of small town near MTR site, qtd. in Barry 122

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Hands On Project

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Maple Sugaring Festival Stream Clean-Up

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