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 West Virginia Mountaintop Removal - http://members.tripod.com/~earthsaver77/ 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. |
 The Roanoke Times: Moving the Mountains: An Exploration of Mountaintop Removal Mining - http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/mountaintop/wb/xp-index Series of informational articles. Includes interactive graphics, videos, image gallery and a message board. |
 Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking - http://dwbritton.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/mountain-top-removal-coal-mining-impact-witnessed-in-appalachian-kentucky/ Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions. |
 Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/national/19STRI.html NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians. |
 Washington Post: Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2004Aug16.html Article discusses the environmental and human impacts being felt in Appalachia. Includes photographs. By Joby Warrick. |
 Religion & Ethics News Weekly: Mountaintop Removal Mining - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1023/cover.html Bob Abernethy interviews religious critics who say the price, in human terms, of mountaintop removal mining is too high. Includes the video report. |
 National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move - http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature5/index.html Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell. |
 Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign - http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/mining/index.html Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment and vulnerable communities. |
 The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women and Children - http://www.geocities.com/cspslibrary/esi.html 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. |
 Christian Science Monitor: In Coal Country, Heat Rises Over Latest Method of Mining - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0103/p02s01-ussc.html Article discusses long-term effects of mountaintop removal mining. By Amanda Paulson. |
 Mining the Mountains - http://wvgazette.com/static/series/mining/ 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. |
 Mines and Communities - http://www.minesandcommunities.org/ 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. |
 Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal Discusses process, economics, legislation and criticism. Includes references. |
 United Mountain Defense - http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/ 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 - http://speakingoutworld.com/ Extensive photographs of overflights of mountaintop removal mining sites. Includes highlights of the tour and testimonials of people living in the affected region. |
 Office of Surface Mining: Surface Mining Law - http://www.osmre.gov/smcra.htm Legislation designed to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations. |
 Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains - http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/166/ Discusses the battle for justice that has come to the coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric Reese. |
 Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining - http://www.mining-law-reform.info 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. |
 Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities - http://kitkat.wvu.edu:8080/files/4047/Stewart_Burns_Shirley_dissertation.pdf Study examines the environmental, social, economic, political and community impacts. Includes references. |
 The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) - http://www.responsiblemining.net/ 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. |
 Defenders of Appalachia: The Campaign to Eliminate Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and the Role of Public Justice - http://www.lclark.edu/org/envtl/objects/37-3_Pantilat.pdf Case study examines the legal strategies and techniques used in a series of environmental lawsuits. Includes litigation history. |
 U.S. Department of The Interior Office of Surface Mining: An Evaluation of Approximate Original Contour and Postmining Land Use in West Virginia - http://www.osmre.gov/mountaintop.htm 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. |
 The Mining News - http://www.theminingnews.org/ Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Includes publications. |