Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

Contents

v Contents Foreword donald edward davis vii Introduction Environmental Justice and Appalachia michele morrone and geoffrey l. buckley xi Part one. Perspectives o n e The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia stephen j. scanlan 3 t w o A Legacy of Extraction Ethics in the Energy Landscape of Appalachia brian black 32 t h r e e Pollution or Poverty The Dilemma of Industry in Appalachia nancy irwin maxwell 50 Part two. Citizen Action f o u r “We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another” Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia chad montrie 81 f i v e Commons Environmentalism Mobilized The Western North Carolina Alliance and the Cut the Clearcutting! Campaign kathryn newfont 99 Contents vi s i x Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste The Case of David Witherspoon, Inc. john nolt 126 Part three. In Their Own Words s e v e n Housewives from Hell Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Facility Siting michele morrone and wren kruse 145 e i g h t Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields geoffrey l. buckley and laura allen 161 Afterword: An American Sacrifice Zone jedediah s. purdy 181 Contributors 185 Index 189 ...