Combating Mountaintop Removal : New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal /

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"Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, [this book] documents the changing relationships among te coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their br...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McNeil, Bryan T.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Mountaintop removal mining.
Landscape protection > Citizen participation.
Environmentalists.
Community activists.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
Environmentalists > Appalachian Region.
Community activists > Appalachian Region.
Landscape protection > Appalachian Region > Citizen participation.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining > Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, [this book] documents the changing relationships among te coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks. Drawing on ... testimonies of the hazrds of mountaintop removal in Boone County, Virginia ... McNeil shows how Appalachian community coalitions have fostered important connections in their opposition to coal mining practices. ..."--Jacket.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780252093463

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