Mining Environment Issues

Bob Abernethy interviews religious critics who say the price, in human terms, of mountaintop removal mining is too high. Includes the video report.

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• Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining - NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding environment this mining practice in the central Appalachians.
• Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains - Discusses the battle for justice that has come environment to the issues coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric environment Reese.
• Unsustainable Resource Use - Extensive photographs of overflights of mountaintop removal mining sites. Includes environment highlights of the tour and testimonials of people living in environment the affected region.
• Religion & Ethics News Weekly: Mountaintop Removal Mining - Bob Abernethy interviews religious critics who say the price, in human terms, of mountaintop removal mining is too high. Includes the video report.
• West Virginia Mountaintop Removal - Information about mountain top mining and valley fill, and the environmental damage this practice is causing around the state and in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina.
• United Mountain Defense - Information about mountaintop removal coal mining, its impacts, and how to fight it in Tennessee. Includes photos and notices about public events.
• Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking - Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions.
• The Mining News - Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from environment diverse perspectives. Includes publications.
• Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign - Monitoring Australian mining companies\\' impact on the environment and vulnerable mining communities.
• Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities - Study examines the environmental, social, economic, political and community impacts. environment Includes references.[PDF]
• The Roanoke Times: Moving the Mountains: An Exploration of Mountaintop Removal Mining - Series of informational articles. Includes interactive graphics, videos, environment image gallery environment and a message board.
• Mines and Communities - Empowering activists and communities opposed to mining through mining information on global mining trends, specific projects and mining mining industry attempts to subvert legitimate protest. Includes mining news.
• Christian Science Monitor: In Coal Country, Heat Rises Over Latest Method of Mining - Article discusses long-term effects of mountaintop removal mining. mining By Amanda environment Paulson.
• Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining - Discusses process, economics, legislation and criticism. Includes references.
• Mining the Mountains - Archive of Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette articles on mountaintop removal, environment accompanied by text of US court rulings and a draft environment version of the never-published environmental impact statement on the practice.
• Defenders of Appalachia: The Campaign to Eliminate Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and the Role of Public Justice - Case study examines the legal strategies and techniques used in environment a series of environmental lawsuits. Includes litigation history.[PDF]
• The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) - Seeks to develop and establish a voluntary system mining to independently issues verify compliance with environmental, human rights mining and social standards for issues mining operations. Includes documents mining and updates.
• National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move - Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has issues led to environment mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell.
• Washington Post: Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change - Article discusses the environmental and human impacts being felt in environment Appalachia. Includes photographs. By Joby Warrick.
• The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women and Children - Article discusses health effects, environmental hazards, poisoning from chemicals and mining social effects. Includes recommendations for policy guidelines. By E.K. Agyapong, mining University of Ghana, Legon.
• Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining - Documentation of history and current events of 1872 mining mining law environment reform actions in U.S. Congress along mining with data on problems environment with mining and causes mining for delays in reform.

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