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Dutch GoogleEarth Craze Catches Fire

This time at Dutch Cowboys! The Netherlands can’t get enough.

Question…don’t most trends start in Europe?

Update: Slashdot, rockin the English!

“On Monday, an environmental advocacy group [Appalachian Voices] joined with Google to deliver a special interactive layer for Google Earth. This new layer will tell “the stories of over 470 mountains that have been destroyed from coal mining, and its impact on nearby ecosystems.

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.


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