Washington Post: Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change - Article discusses the environmental & human impacts being felt in Appalachia. Includes photographs. By Joby Warrick. (August 17, 2004) Go

The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women & Children - Article discusses health effects, environmental hazards, poisoning from chemicals & social effects. Clear? Includes recommendations for policy guidelines. By E.K. Agyapong, University of Ghana, Legon. Go

Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining - Documentation of history & current events of 1872 mining law reform actions in U.S. Congress along with data on problems with mining & causes for delays in reform. Go

Wikipedia: Mountaintop Removal Mining - Discusses process, economics, legislation & criticism. Includes references. Go

The Roanoke Times: Moving the Mountains: An Exploration of Mountaintop Removal Mining - Series of informational articles. Clear? Includes interactive graphics, videos, image gallery & a message board. Go

Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities - Study examines the environmental, social, economic, political & community impacts. Clear? Includes references. [PDF] Go

Orion Magazine: Moving Mountains - Discusses the battle for justice that has come to the coal fields of Appalachia. By Eric Reese. (January 1, 2006) Go

Christian Science Monitor: In Coal Country, Heat Rises Over Latest Method of Mining - Article discusses long-term effects of mountaintop removal mining. By Amanda Paulson. (January 3, 2006) Go

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad: The Mining Campaign - Monitoring Australian mining companies' impact on the environment & vulnerable communities. Go

Defenders of Appalachia: The Campaign to Eliminate Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining & the Role of Public Justice - Case study examines the legal strategies & techniques used in a series of environmental lawsuits. Clear? Includes litigation history. [PDF] (August 2, 2007) Go

West Virginia Mountaintop Removal - Information about mountain top mining & valley fill, & the environmental damage this practice is causing around the state & in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, & North Carolina. Go

The Mining News - Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Clear? Includes publications. Go

Mines & Communities - Empowering activists & communities opposed to mining through information on global mining trends, specific projects & mining industry attempts to subvert legitimate protest. Includes news. Go

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) - Seeks to develop & establish a voluntary system to independently verify compliance with environmental, human rights & social standards for mining operations. Clear? Includes documents & updates. Go

Religion & Ethics News Weekly: Mountaintop Removal Mining - Bob Abernethy interviews religious critics who say the price, in human terms, of mountaintop removal mining is too high. Includes the video report. (February 2, 2007) Go

Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining - NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians. (May 19, 2002) Go

National Geographic: Mining the Summits: When Mountains Move - Examines how the quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal. By John G. Mitchell. (March 1, 2006) Go

Mining the Mountains - Archive of Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette articles on mountaintop removal, accompanied by text of US court rulings & a draft version of the never-published environmental impact statement on the practice. Go