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Mines and Communities
Empowering activists and communities opposed to mining through information on global mining trends, specific projects and mining industry attempts to subvert legitimate protest. Includes news.
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/
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The Mining News
Searchable archive of excerpts of news articles from diverse perspectives. Includes publications.
http://www.theminingnews.org/
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The Effect of Current Mining Practices on the Welfare of Women and Children
Article discusses health effects, environmental hazards, poisoning from chemicals and social effects. Includes recommendations for policy guidelines. By E.K. Agyapong, University of Ghana, Legon.
http://www.geocities.com/cspslibrary/esi.html
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Mining the Mountains
Archive of Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette articles on mountaintop removal, accompanied by text of US court rulings and a draft version of the never-published environmental impact statement on the practice.
http://wvgazette.com/static/series/mining/
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West Virginia Mountaintop Removal
Information about mountain top mining and valley fill, and the environmental damage this practice is causing around the state and in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina.
http://members.tripod.com/~earthsaver77/
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Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mining
NY Times article abstract outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/national/19STRI.html
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Mining Law Reform: This is Hard Rock Mining
Documentation of history and current events of 1872 mining law reform actions in U.S. Congress along with data on problems with mining and causes for delays in reform.
http://www.mining-law-reform.info
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United Mountain Defense
Information about mountaintop removal coal mining, its impacts, and how to fight it in Tennessee. Includes photos and notices about public events.
http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/
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Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Impact Witnessed In Appalachian Kentucky « World Thinking
Article shares remarks from people living in affected regions.
http://dwbritton.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/mountain-top-removal-coal-mining-impact-witnessed-in-appalachian-kentucky/
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Unsustainable Resource Use
Extensive photographs of overflights of mountaintop removal mining sites. Includes highlights of the tour and testimonials of people living in the affected region.
http://speakingoutworld.com/
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