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Fighting king coal : the challenges to micromobilization in central Appalachia /

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In the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining and coal-industry-related flooding, water contamination, and illness have led to the emergence of a grassroots, women-driven environmental justice movement. But the number of local activists is small relative to the affected...

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Main Author: Bell, Shannon Elizabeth (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2016.
Series:Urban and industrial environments
Subjects:
Environmental justice > West Virginia.
Environmental health > Social aspects > West Virginia.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > West Virginia.
Coal mines and mining > Health aspects > West Virginia.
Environmental degradation > Health aspects > West Virginia.
Community activists > West Virginia.
ENVIRONMENT/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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