Coal country
Subtitle: rising up against mountaintop removal mining
By: edited by Shirley Stewart Burns, Mari-Lynn Evans, and Silas House.
Contributors: Burns, Shirley Stewart.; Evans, Mari-Lynn.; House, Silas, 1971-
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781578051687; 9781578051663
Subjects: Mountaintop removal mining -- Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region; Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region; Environmental degradation -- Appalachian Region; Environmental awareness -- Appalachian Region; Appalachian Region -- Environmental conditions
Description: An illustrated chronicle of the growing protest movement against mountaintop removal mining (MTR) of coal in Appalachia, including essays, commentary, and oral histories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.