Apr 9 Energy & Environment Coal Community Residents Again Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal should be halted until its health effects are better studied. Late in the Obama administration the National Academy of Sciences launched a study into the health effects for communities near mountaintop removal coal mines. Donna Branham […] By Jeff Young Apr 9 Energy & Environment Coal Community Residents Again Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal Jeff Young