Coal is West Virginia's bread and butter. For well over a century, West Virginia has answered the energy call of the nation-and the world-by mining and exporting its coal. In 2004, West Virginia's co
In the long, complex history of coal exploitation in Appalachia, mountaintop-removal (MTR) mining is the most destructive practice yet visited upon the land and its people: Ancient forested mountains
Based on a documentary film, this illustrated volume exposes the politics and economics of mountaintop-removal (MTR) mining in Appalachia, and the devastation inflicted on workers, the landscape and t
