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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loeb, Penny
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bragg, Patricia, > 1958-
Bragg, Patricia, > 1958- > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers > Trials, litigation, etc.
Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation.
Coal mines and mining > Law and legislation.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Concessions houilleres > Virginie-Occidentale > Droit penal.
Coal leases > West Virginia > Criminal provisions.
Coal mines and mining > Law and legislation > West Virginia > Pie.
Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation > West Virginia > Pie.
West Virginia > Pie.
West Virginia.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 the named plaintiff in a major lawsuit, a summa cum laude college graduate, and a hero of her community. Moving Mountains recounts the struggle of Trish Bragg and other ordinary West Virginians for fair treatment by the coal companies that dominate the local economies of southern West Virginia. The.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780813156569

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