Mountain justice : homegrown resistance to mountaintop removal, for the future of us all

Mountain justice : homegrown resistance to mountaintop removal, for the future of us all / [Tricia Shapiro].

Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: a mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment--all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. Hundreds of thousands of acres of ancient forested mountains have been "removed" this way...

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Main Author: Shapiro, Tricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh ; Oakland : AK Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Mountaintop removal mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region.
Environmentalism > Appalachian Region.
Environmentalism
Appalachian Region
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: a mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment--all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. Hundreds of thousands of acres of ancient forested mountains have been "removed" this way and will never again support the biologically rich and diverse forest and stream communities that evolved there over millions of years--all to support our flawed national energy policy. Mountain Justice tells a terrific set of firsthand stories about living with MTR and offers on-the-scene--and behind.
Physical Description:1 online resource (371 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
ISBN:9781849350549
184935054X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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