Title: Combating mountaintop removal
Description: "Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, [this book] documents the changing relationships among te coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks. Drawing on ... testimonies of the hazrds of mountaintop removal in Boone County, Virginia, ... McNeil shows how Appalachian community coalitions have fostered important connections in their opposition to coal mining practices. ..."--Book jacket.
Subjects: Community activists, Environmentalists, Landscape protection, Citizen participation, Coal mines and mining, Mountaintop removal mining, Political participation, Appalachian region, United states, environmental conditions, Environmental aspects
Places: Appalachian Region