Yesterday I wrote a post describing my plans to back off in my battle against mountaintop removal coal mining. Today I am recanting that statement.
There will be no threat you can make that will cause me to back off. I feel like a weakling for even considering it. You can email me all you want, [...]
Bringing Down the Mountains:The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities, 1970-2004
by Shirley L. Stewart Burns
Dissertation submitted to the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History.
“In 1970, 45,261 West Virginia jobs were [...]





