Grist's coverage of Copenhagen climate talks

As a special presentation at the Copenhagen climate summit, Google Earth took world leaders on a virtual flyover of Coal River Mountain, selected as one of a handful of “global crisis hotspots.” Narrated by coal miner widow and Coal River Mountain resident Lorelei Scarbro, the tour looks at both the costs of mountaintop removal and the benefits of a proposed industrial wind farm.

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