Which of the following is NOT a result of mountaintop removal mining?
A) It has increased the amount of cleared land available for development after the mine closes.
B) It has buried headwater streams through valley fills changing the habitat and watershed.
C) It has caused an increase in leaching of arsenic,mercury,and toxic metals into water supply.
D) It has damaged local culture that values hunting,fishing,and gathering in the forests.
E) It has reshaped over 500 mountain peaks and ridgelines by clearcutting them and sheared off layers of earth and rock to access coal.
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