Mining Mountains

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Note where it points out a "valley fill." It explains how it effects the small streams and headwaters, but it doesn't point out how these valley fills are weakly supported. When a terrible rainstorm comes along, the sludge and debris of the valley fill escapes and causes even more damage to the homes, towns, farm life, and wildlife below.
Some folks would say "well just don't live there." How would you feel if someone came up to you on your land which you and your family before you owned for decades since the first adventuring of these mountains? Or maybe you just built your home, finally a place to call your own, all paid for, no more debts, and a mountaintop removal mining company comes in dismantles the nearest mountain to you, not only disrupting your restful scenic view but also creating massive cracks in your new home's foundation, a layer of blasting dust, and explosions going off every day?