1.   But environmentalists see nothing about mountaintop removal that improves West Virginia.

2.   Mountaintop removal, a form of strip mining, is not new, either.

3.   Mountaintop removal, they say, causes too much damage.

4.   Mountaintop removal requires exactly what the name suggests, the removal of a mountaintop to get at the coal seam underneath.

5.   Underwood and Wise have said they support mountaintop removal if coal companies comply with state and federal laws.