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o access the coal contained in the Appalachian Mountains in southern West Virginia, extractive companies engage in a controversial mining method called "mountaintop removal," which Scientists have found that this process negatively impacts groundwater and biodiversity. Credit - NASA Earth Observatory
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The natural world is in a state of crisis, and we are to blame. We are in the midst of the Sixth Extinction, the biggest loss of species in the history of humankind. So many species are facing total annihilation...The rapid decline in species has occurred in recent years: 60 percent of the planet's wildlife populations have been lost in just the last 50 years. Scientists warn that in the coming decades, if we don't take action, more than 1 million species may vanish from the Earth forever.

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