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Why does mining resources have such a large impact on the environment?

A) Satellite scanners are expensive to operate and maintain.
B) Large-scale mining removes earth to reach mineral resources.
C) There is no place to put all the displaced earth, causing landslides.
D) Mining reserves, not resources, has a large impact on the environment.

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B because it takes a lot of tools and manpower to search or dig for those resources and to transport them
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