Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, where coal is king, Beverly May and Terry Ratliff find themselves at the center of a contentious community battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine.

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DEEP DOWN is funded in part by the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Its public television station partner is Kentucky Educational Television. Our national outreach partner is the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and our major regional partner is the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC).