Moving Mountains : How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice from Big Coal.

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In late 1994, wells in Pie, West Virginia, began to go dry, leaving many residents of the small coal-mining town without potable water. When local housewife Trish Bragg made a few phone calls in an effort to solve this problem, she had no idea that her inquiries would eventually lead to her becoming...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loeb, Penny
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Temas:
Bragg, Patricia, > 1958- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Bragg, Patricia, > 1958-
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers
Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation > West Virginia > Pie.
Coal mines and mining > Law and legislation > West Virginia > Pie.
Mining permits > West Virginia > Criminal provisions.
Mountaintop removal mining > West Virginia.
Déplacement de sommet (Mines) > Virginie-Occidentale.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Coal mines and mining > Law and legislation
Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation
Mountaintop removal mining
West Virginia
West Virginia > Pie
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Author's Note; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Recurring People and Organizations; 1. Awakening to Injustice; 2. Slicing Mountains; 3. A Miner's Life; 4. The Lawyer; 5. Changing the Laws; 6. Bragg v. Robertson; 7. Rallying Around; 8. The Moores' Case; 9. Internal Wrangling; 10. The Governor's Task Force; 11. Settling for Less or More; 12. Before the Judge; 13. Back at the Legislature; 14. Frenzied Negotiations; 15. The Environmental Impact Statement; 16. Unbelievable; 17. The New Era; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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