Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight

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
Brand University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer University of Illinois Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-11-01

Country	USA
Brand	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-11-01

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