CLIMATE GROUND ZERO


  • Photographer
    antonio zambardino
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    contrasto
  • Date of Photograph
    Fall 2010

This essay, shot in West Virginia, explores the social and environmental conditions, as well as the poverty, in the Coal Country as consequences of the mono-economy created by Coal.

Story

Mountaintop removal is a relatively new type of coal mining that began in Appalachia in the 1970s as an extension of conventional strip mining techniques. Primarily, mountaintop removal is occurring in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Coal companies in Appalachia are increasingly using this method because it allows for almost complete recovery of coal seams while reducing the number of workers required to a fraction of what conventional methods require.

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