| Main Title |
Coal country : rising up against mountaintop removal mining / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Sierra Club Books ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, |
| Year Published |
2009 |
| OCLC Number |
320804167 |
| ISBN |
9781578051687; 1578051681; 9781578051663; 1578051665 |
| Subjects |
Mountaintop removal mining--Environmental aspects--Appalachian Region ;
Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region ;
Environmental degradation--Appalachian Region ;
Environmental protection--Appalachian Region ;
Appalachian Region--Environmental conditions ;
Mines--Aspect de l'environnement--Appalaches (âEtats-Unis) ;
Environnement--Protection--Appalaches (âEtats-Unis) ;
Paysage--Protection--Appalaches (âEtats-Unis) ;
Appalachian Region--Environmental aspects ;
Environmental awareness--Appalachian Region
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJAM |
TD195.C58C614 2009 |
2 cys |
Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
12/31/2009 |
STATUS |
| EJDM |
TD195.C58C614 2009 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
12/31/2009 |
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| Collation |
294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-284). |
| Contents Notes |
Foreword / Nick Clooney -- Editor's note / Silas House -- Preface / Mari-Lynn Evans -- Introduction / Shirley Stewart Burns -- pt. 1. The coal-carved history of Appalachia -- Loretta Lynn from Butcher Holler / Shirley Stewart Burns and Silas House -- The roving pickets, 1962 / Denise Giardina -- A family history in coal dust / Shirley Stewart Burns -- Something ancient / Silas House -- Where the coal is coming from / Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Union legacy and green networking / Bryan NcNeil -- How Congress enabled mountaintop removal / Ken Hechler -- Empire building, one chunk of coal at a time / John Hennen -- Moving mountains / Erik Reece -- The problem in Appalachia / Jack Spadaro -- Speech against the Kentucky State Government / Wendell Berry -- pt. 2. Drawing a line in the coal seam -- The last patch of green earth / Ashley Judd -- "Coal is all West Virginia's got" / Shannon Elizabeth Bell -- Blood and coal (a Swiftian proposal) / George Ella Lyon -- Joe Lovett takes a king coal to court / Michael Shnayerson -- Burying our future / Jeff Goodell -- Blowing away King Coal / Jeff Biggers -- Making their own future / Penny Loeb -- The children of Twilight / Michael Hendryx -- A sin of omission / Jon Blair Hunter -- Not just an Appalachian problem / David W. Orr -- The other side of the light switch / Mary Anne Hitt -- Yellowroot Mountain / Ann Pancake -- I lift my eyes to the hills / John S. Rausch -- pt. 3. The voices of the people -- This land will never be for sale / Larry Gibson -- An open letter / Bo Webb -- The Mountaintop Removal Road Show / Dave Cooper -- One small voice / Teri Blanton -- Homeland Security / Cathie Bird -- A word of wisdom / Kathy Selvage -- My life is on the line / Maria Gunnoe -- The ripple effect / Kathy Mattea -- We're called the dustbusters / Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller -- They think we're throwaway people / Members of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth -- A sense of place, a sense of self / Janet Keating -- Economic exile / Regina Hendrix -- In care of creation / Julia "Judy" Bonds -- To harness the wind / Lorelei Scarbro -- Meeting Governor Manchin / Mary Ellen Lough -- Yes we can / Jason Howard. An illustrated chronicle of the growing protest movement against mountaintop removal mining (MTR) of coal in Appalachia, including essays, commentary, and oral histories. |
| Place Published |
San Francisco Berkeley, Calif. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2009 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2009024244 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20091223143339 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01387cam 22003494a 45020 |
