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Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining -
NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians. <small>(May 19, 2002)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/national/19STRI.html Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign -
Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities.
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/mining/index.html Unsustainable Resource Use -
Extensive photographs of overflights of mountaintop removal mining sites. Includes highlights of the tour and testimonials of people living in the affected region.
http://speakingoutworld.com/ Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking -
Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions.
http://dwbritton.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/mountain-top-removal-coal-mining-impact-witnessed-in-appalachian-kentucky/ 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 a series of environmental lawsuits. Includes litigation history. [PDF] <small>(August 2, 2007)</small>
http://www.lclark.edu/org/envtl/objects/37-3_Pantilat.pdf 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. Includes references. [PDF]
http://kitkat.wvu.edu:8080/files/4047/Stewart_Burns_Shirley_dissertation.pdf The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women and Children -
Article discusses health effects, environmental hazards, poisoning from chemicals and social effects. Includes recommendations for policy guidelines. By E.K. Agyapong, University of Ghana, Legon.
http://www.geocities.com/cspslibrary/esi.html Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains -
Discusses the battle for justice that has come to the coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric Reese. <small>(January 1, 2006)</small>
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/166/ Washington Post: Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change -
Article discusses the environmental and human impacts being felt in Appalachia. Includes photographs. By Joby Warrick. <small>(August 17, 2004)</small>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2004Aug16.html The Mining News -
Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Includes publications.
http://www.theminingnews.org/ Office of Surface Mining: Surface Mining Law -
Legislation designed to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations.
http://www.osmre.gov/smcra.htm 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.
http://members.tripod.com/~earthsaver77/ Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining -
Discusses process, economics, legislation and criticism. Includes references.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) -
Seeks to develop and establish a voluntary system to independently verify compliance with environmental, human rights and social standards for mining operations. Includes documents and updates.
http://www.responsiblemining.net/ Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining -
Documentation of history and current events of 1872 mining law reform actions in U.S. Congress along with data on problems with mining and causes for delays in reform.
http://www.mining-law-reform.info National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move -
Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell. <small>(March 1, 2006)</small>
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature5/index.html 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.
http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/ 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. <small>(February 2, 2007)</small>
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1023/cover.html U.S. Department of The Interior Office of Surface Mining: An Evaluation of Approximate Original Contour and Postmining Land Use in West Virginia -
Report examines whether the WVDEP uses appropriate standards in evaluating whether a particular postmining land configuration constitutes a return to AOC, and if waivers have been issued, have they required appropriate postmining land uses in granting the waiver. <small>(November 1, 1988)</small>
http://www.osmre.gov/mountaintop.htm Christian Science Monitor: In Coal Country, Heat Rises Over Latest Method of Mining -
Article discusses long-term effects of mountaintop removal mining. By Amanda Paulson. <small>(January 3, 2006)</small>
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0103/p02s01-ussc.html The Roanoke Times: Moving the Mountains: An Exploration of Mountaintop Removal Mining -
Series of informational articles. Includes interactive graphics, videos, image gallery and a message board.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/mountaintop/wb/xp-index Mining the Mountains -
Archive of Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette articles on mountaintop removal, accompanied by text of US court rulings and a draft version of the never-published environmental impact statement on the practice.
http://wvgazette.com/static/series/mining/ Mines and Communities -
Empowering activists and communities opposed to mining through information on global mining trends, specific projects and mining industry attempts to subvert legitimate protest. Includes news.
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/
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