BRINGING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS: THE IMPACT OF MOUTAINTOP REMOVAL SURFACE COAL MINING ON SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES

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morgantown 2007 Bringing Down the Mountains The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities, 1970–2004 Shirley Stewart Burns West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 26506© 2007 by West Virginia University Press All rights reserved First edition published 2007 by West Virginia University Press Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 10  09  08  07   9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 ISBN-10 1-933202-17-3 ISBN-13 978-1-933202-17-4 (alk. paper) Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Bringing down the mountains. The impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities. / by Shirley Stewart Burns. (West Virginia and Appalachia ; 5) p. cm. 1.Coal mines and mining. 2 Coal mines and mining—West Virginia. 3. Coal mines and mining—Environmental aspect—West Virginia. 4. Mountaintop removal mining—Environmental aspect—West Virginia. 5. Mountaintop removal mining—Economic aspect—West Virginia. I. Title. II. Burns, Shirley Stewart. III. Series. IN PROCESS Library of Congress Control Number: 2007936477 Book and Cover Design by Than Saffel Printed in USA by BookMobile Dedicated to the people of southern West Virginia, the most resilient people I know ...