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• Science: Environment: Mining  (46)

» 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]




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» The Mining News - Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Includes publications.




» 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.




» Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking - Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions.




» Office of Surface Mining: Surface Mining Law - Legislation designed to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations.




» Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign - Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining - Discusses process, economics, legislation and criticism. Includes references.




» 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] (August 2, 2007)




» 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. (February 2, 2007)




» National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move - Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell. (March 1, 2006)




» 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. (January 3, 2006)




» Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains - Discusses the battle for justice that has come to the coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric Reese. (January 1, 2006)




» 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. (August 17, 2004)




» Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining - NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians. (May 19, 2002)




» 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. (November 1, 1988)