mountaintop removal

collocation in English

meaningsofmountaintopandremoval

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mountaintop
noun[C]
uk
/ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈtɒp/us
/ˌmaʊn.tənˈtɑːp/
the top of ...
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removal
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈmuː.vəl/us
/rɪˈmuː.vəl/
the act of taking something or someone away from somewhere ...
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(Definition ofmountaintopandremovalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In case ofmountaintopremoval, tops are removed from mountains or hills to expose thick coal seams underneath.
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Large areas have been destroyed and fragmented through surface mining, includingmountaintopremoval.
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Critics contend thatmountaintopremovalis a disastrous practice that benefits a small number of corporations at the expense of local communities and the environment.
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The profound changes in topography and disturbance of pre-existing ecosystems have mademountaintopremovalhighly controversial.
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The law would forbidmountaintopremovalmining and other natural resource development.
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The party platform calls for an end tomountaintopremovalcoal mining.
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Coal mining generates significant additional independent adverse environmental health impacts, among them the polluted water flowing frommountaintopremovalmining.
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Mountaintopremovalreplaces the original steep landscape with a much flatter topography, which may be suited to various different uses.
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The plant would also continue to supportmountaintopremovalcoal mining.
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Mountaintopremovalcombines area and contour strip mining methods.
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The organization seeks to endmountaintopremovalmining by drawing attention to the issue through protests involving trespass on the property of mining companies.
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The coal industry asserts that surface mining techniques, such asmountaintopremoval, are safer for miners than sending miners underground.
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Several studies of the impact of restrictions tomountaintopremovalwere authored in 2000 through 2005.
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Wise also turned his attention tomountaintopremovalpractices and malpractice insurance costs during this period.
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Its operations have since expanded to address a variety of issues relating to energy and the environment, such as electric coal generation practices,mountaintopremoval, and climate change.
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Mountaintopremovalmining requires a section 404 permit when soil and rock from the mining operation is placed in streams and wetlands (commonly called a valley fill).
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Much discussion has concerned the film's treatment of environmental protection and the parallels to, for example, the destruction of rainforests,mountaintopremovalfor mining and evictions from homes for development.
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