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MTR
(redirected from Mountaintop removal)

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MTRMotor
MTRMeter
MTRMass Transit Railway
MTRMountaintop Removal (coal mining method)
MTRMid-Term Review
MTRMortar
MTRMagnetization Transfer Ratio
MTRMuseum of Television and Radio
MTRMarginal Tax Rate (How the government taxes us in brackets)
MTRMinistry of Tourism
MTRMobile Termination Rate
MTRMeet the Robinsons (animated film)
MTRMilitary Training Route
MTRMaterials Test Reactor
MTRMedical Transcriptionist
MTRMilitary Technical Revolution
MTRMaximum Transmission Unit
MTRMissile Tracking Radar
MTRMaterial Test Report
MTRMaterial Testing Reactor
MTRMean Time to Restore
MTRMaximum Transition Run
MTRMavalli Tiffin Room
MTRModule Test and Repair
MTRMarine Transportation Related (EPA)
MTRMotion to Revoke (bail or probation)
MTRMaximum Tolerable Risk
MTRMagnetic Tape Recording
MTRMagnetic Tape Recorder
MTRMiller Tabak Roberts Securities, LLC
MtRMummy: the Resurrection (game)
MTRMinimum Technology Requirement
MTRMotorized Transportation Regiment (Iraqi Transportation Corps)
MTRMiniature Temperature Recorder
MTRMontour Railroad Company
MTRMandatory Turn-In Repairable
MTRManufacturer's Test Results (oilfield casing)
MTRMobile Traffic Recording (collects all uplink information for a specific operator defined GSM mobile phone)
MTRMaster in Translational Research
MTRMinimum Technical Requirement
MTRMonths To Roll
MTRMilitary Training for Ratings
MTRMultiple Threat Response
MTRMajandustegevuse Registrister
MTRMoon Town Records
MTRMerchandise Transfer Report
MTRMulti-User Transmitted Reference
MTRMetallurgical Test Report
MTRMaximun Thermal Retention (Columbia)


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I just wanted to add a note that the largest and most active organization combating mountaintop removal in the western part of West Virginia, in coalition with Kentucky and Ohio activists, is the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.
Once there was a mountain by Fogel, Jeri / E
Coal had done well under President Clinton-it was his administration that began to soften the mountaintop removal regulations, and his MSHA that had been lax in checking up on the Big Branch Impoundment wall.
Under mined: when a flood of toxic mining sludge wreaked havoc in ... by Bingham, Clara / Washington Monthly
On top of all that, Lewis and its surrounding counties face environmental problems caused by a coal-mining method known as mountaintop removal, in which mining companies use heavy machinery to shave off the peak of a mountain until they reach the level where coal deposits lay.
There's no poverty of faith in Appalachia by Dix, Tara K. / U.S. Catholic
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