stories about mountaintop removal
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Going to the Grocery
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 36" | 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Violation-Part-One.jpg)
Violation: Part One
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30"| 2006private collection
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Violation: Part Two
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006private collection
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Violation: Part Three
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006private collection
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-First-View-Will-Be-Shocking.jpg)
The First View Will Be Shocking
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006private collection
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/And-Then-the-Spirits-Get-Smoked-copy.jpg)
And Then the Spirits Get Smoked
water-based media on canvas| 48" x 60" | 2008private collection
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Waiting-for-Water.jpg)
Waiting for Water
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30"| 2006private collection
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Light-on-a-Hill.jpg)
Light on a Hill
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 36"| 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Signing-of-the-Valleyfill-copy.jpg)
Signing of the Valleyfill
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 36"| 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/On-Getting-to-London-copy.jpg)
On Getting to London
water-based media on board| 26" x 32"| 2008![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Snake-Pit-copy.jpg)
Snake Pit
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006Houses now owned by coal companies are unkempt and great breeders of venomous snakes.
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Sludge Creek
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30"| 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ten-Homes-and-One-Graveyard-copy.jpg)
Ten Homes and One Graveyard
water-based media on canvas| 24" X 30"| 2006private collection
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Final Flood for Debra Burke
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/More-Than-Finite-copy.jpg)
More Than Finite
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30"| 2006private collection
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A Good Dusting For Some
water-based media on panel| 26" x 32"| 2008![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Boat-Dock-Dry-copy.jpg)
Boat Dock Dry
water-based media on panel| 24" x 30"| 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9_share_the_road.jpg)
Share the Road
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Bought-Out-in-Red.jpg)
Bought Out in Red
water-based media on canvas| 24" x 30" | 2006private collection
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Steven and His Thousand Trucks
water-based media on panel| 32" x 26"| 2008![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Going-to-the-Grocery-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Violation-Part-One.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Violation-Part-Two.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Violation-Part-Three-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-First-View-Will-Be-Shocking.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/And-Then-the-Spirits-Get-Smoked-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Waiting-for-Water.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Light-on-a-Hill.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Signing-of-the-Valleyfill-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/On-Getting-to-London-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Snake-Pit-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sludge-Creek.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ten-Homes-and-One-Graveyard-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Final-Flood-for-Debra-Burke.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/More-Than-Finite-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A-Good-Dusting-for-Some-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Boat-Dock-Dry-copy.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9_share_the_road.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Bought-Out-in-Red.jpg)
![](https://www.cynthiaryankelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Steven-and-HIs-Thousand-Trucks-copy.jpg)
Mountaintop removal was considered an environmental disaster when it began, but that didn’t stop it. Today there is no real war on coal. What there should be is a war on fossil fuels. A battle to the end. This world had better change in the next decade or two. We are all responsible.