Standing Our Ground Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal

Name: Standing Our Ground Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal
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ISBN: 9780821421321

ISBN-10: 0821421328

ISBN-13: 9780821421321

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joyce M. Barry

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Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced.The Appalachian women featured in Barry's book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as the Coal River Mountain Watch and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, they fight to save their mountain communities by…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 8/15/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English