Download or read book To Save the Land and People written by Chad Montrie and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement that engaged in acts of civil disobedience and industrial sabotage. Both comprehensive and comparative, To Save the Land and People chronicles the story of surface mining opposition in the whole region, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. Though many accounts of environmental activism focus on middle-class suburbanites and emphasize national events, the campaign to abolish strip mining was primarily a movement of farmers and working people, originating at the local and state levels. Its history underscores the significant role of common people and grassroots efforts in the American environmental movement. This book also contributes to a long-running debate about American values by revealing how veneration for small, private properties has shaped the political consciousness of strip mining opponents.

Download or read book Definitions of Selected Ground water Terms written by Stanley William Lohman and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coal written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount, location, and quality of the coal resources and reserves be available to fulfill energy needs. It is also important that the United States extract its coal resources efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner. A renewed focus on federal support for coal-related research, coordinated across agencies and with the active participation of the states and industrial sector, is a critical element for each of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource and reserve assessments, coal mining and processing, transportation of coal and coal products, and coal utilization.

Download or read book Regulation of Strip Mining written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulation of Strip Mining written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Mines and Mining and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulation of Surface Mining written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulation of Surface Mining Operations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surface Mining written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surface Mining written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coal Surface Mining written by James E. Rowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since coal is seen by many as the logical solution to the nation's energy crisis, strip mining operations will continue. But they will continue amid intense public debate, much of it centering on the standards that will govern reclamation. In this book leading authorities address the economic, environmental, and legal ramifications of land reclamation following coal surface mining, review the status of the coal industry, and look at possible future developments.

Download or read book Reclamation Practices and Environmental Problems of Surface Mining written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Analysis of Pennsylvania s Forest Resources written by Douglas S. Powell and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fire Underground written by David Dekok and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.

Download or read book Surface mining and fish wildlife needs in the Eastern United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Study of Strip and Surface Mining in Appalachia written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strip Mining for Coal written by Dorothy Louise Campbell Culver Tompkins and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: