The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Appalachian Communities
The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Appalachian Communities
Author(s): Iulia SalcăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: mountaintop removal; coal communities; environment; social justice; activism;
Summary/Abstract: The Appalachian area is a major coal producer in the United States of America. Due to theradical methods of extracting the coal, like mountaintop removal, the quality of life inAppalachia has degraded in time and the environment and people’s health are deeplyaffected. The coal industry in Appalachia is notorious for its ignorance of social andenvironmental justice and people from the affected areas have to start activist work in orderto fight them and regain their rights. In my paper I am going to present the negative effectsof mountaintop removal, the activists’ struggles for social and environmental justice, thepsychological implications and the Appalachians’ attachment to land.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies
- Issue Year: 12/2019
- Issue No: Suppl
- Page Range: 57-64
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
