Judge Takes on the White House on Mountaintop Mini
NY Times article outlines the issues surrounding this mining practice in the central Appalachians.
Mid-Atlantic Mountaintop Mining
Information about an Environmental Impact Statement on mountaintop mining being prepared by the US federal government and the state of West Virginia.
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.
Mountaintop Removal
About the environmental effects of this newly accepted technique in surface mining, which arose due to technological advances in heavy machinery.
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.