Standing Our Ground : Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal /

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Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal sea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barry, Joyce M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Political activity
Landscape protection > Citizen participation
Environmental justice
Community activists
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
Environmental justice > Appalachian Region.
Women > Political activity > Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining > Social aspects > Appalachian Region.
Landscape protection > Appalachian Region > Citizen participation.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region.
Community activists > Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced. The Appalachian women featured in Barry's book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780821444108

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