Mountaintop removal to increase?

Using another British paper today.

The Guardian reports that Virginia will host a new power plant by the number two utility in America.

The move almost certainly will increase Virginia's use of the mining practice known as mountaintop removal, in which peaks are sheared off to reach the coal inside.

Mountains near Kayford, W.Va., seen in this Jan. 2, 2000 file photo, show how mountaintop removal mining has flattened many mountain peaks. File photo/The Associated Press