Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight

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Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal

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Drawing on powerful personal testimonies of the hazards of mountaintop removal in southern West Virginia, Combating Mountaintop Removal critically examines the fierce conflicts over this violent and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining. Bryan T. McNeil documents the changing relationships among the coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks.
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Focusing on Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW), an organization composed of individuals who have personal ties to the coal industry in the region, the study reveals a turn away from once-strong traditional labor unions and the emergence of community-based activist organizations. By framing social and moral arguments in terms of the environment, these innovative hybrid movements take advantage of environmentalism's higher profile in contemporary politics. In investigating the local effects of globalization and global economics, McNeil tracks the profound reimagining of social and personal ideas such as identity, history, and landscape and considers their roles in organizing an agenda for progressive community activism.

Country	USA
Author	Bryan T. McNeil
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st
EISBN	9780252093463
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
NumberOfPages	207
PublicationDate	2011-11-01
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
ReleaseDate	2011-11-01
Studio	University of Illinois Press

Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal

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