Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia: An Environmental Sacrifice Zone.

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  • Author(s): Fox, Julia
  • Source:
    Organization & Environment. Jun99, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p163. 21p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      STRIP mining; MINING engineering
    • Subject Terms:
      WEST Virginia; UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Provides an analysis of the mountaintop removal, an ecologically and socially destructive strip-mining technique in West Virginia. Why West Virginia has become the major site for this type of strip mining; Political power of the coal companies in West Virginia; Weak environmental laws and lax regulatory rules in West Virginia.