Defending the Mountains
Host Jeff Young visits coal country activist Maria Gunnoe, who’s fighting to stop the mining practice known as mountaintop removal. Gunnoe just won the prestigious Goldman Prize, sometimes called the Green Nobel. But she fears she’s losing the mountains, community and heritage she holds dear.
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