The Roanoke Times: Moving the Mountains: An Exploration of Mountaintop Removal Mining
www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/mountaintop/wb/xp-index
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Series of informational articles. Includes interactive graphics, videos, image gallery and a message board.
keywords: virginia, valley, universityvirginia, timescast, tech, sports, smith, salem, river, radford
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Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal
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Discusses process, economics, legislation and criticism. Includes references.
keywords: crisis, ann, techniques, statementsnovember, pancake, oil, mountains, mason, energy, corpsengineers
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Religion
www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1023/cover.html
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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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National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move
www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature5/index.html
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Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell.
keywords: updates, resourcephotography, research, online, news, mapsmultimedia., magazine., issues, homenational, global
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Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains
www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/166/
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Discusses the battle for justice that has come to the coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric Reese.
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Washington Post: Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2004Aug16.html
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Article discusses the environmental and human impacts being felt in Appalachia. Includes photographs. By Joby Warrick.
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Christian Science Monitor: In Coal Country, Heat Rises Over Latest Method of Mining
www.csmonitor.com/2006/0103/p02s01-ussc.html
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Article discusses long-term effects of mountaintop removal mining. By Amanda Paulson.
keywords: usa, society, sci/tech, environment, culture
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The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
www.responsiblemining.net/
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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.
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Mines and Communities
www.minesandcommunities.org/
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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.
keywords: social, partizans, metal, mac, justice, environment, empowerment
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The Mining News
www.theminingnews.org/
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Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Includes publications.
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The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women and Children
www.geocities.com/cspslibrary/esi.html
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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.
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Mining the Mountains
wvgazette.com/static/series/mining/
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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.
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West Virginia Mountaintop Removal
members.tripod.com/~earthsaver77/
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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.
keywords: woods, woodland, tree, species, propert, pollution, plant, people, mixed, mine
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Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining
www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/national/19STRI.html
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NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians.
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Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining
www.mining-law-reform.info
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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.
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United Mountain Defense
www.unitedmountaindefense.org/
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Information about mountaintop removal coal mining, its impacts, and how to fight it in Tennessee. Includes photos and notices about public events.
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Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking
dwbritton.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/mountain-top-removal-coal-mining-impact-witnessed-in-appalachian-kentucky/
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Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions.
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Unsustainable Resource Use
speakingoutworld.com/
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Extensive photographs of overflights of mountaintop removal mining sites. Includes highlights of the tour and testimonials of people living in the affected region.
keywords: nonsustainability, greed, environment, ecology, civilization
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Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign
www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/mining/index.html
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Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities.
keywords: development, overseas, oil, international, gas, extractives, donate, aware
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