Moving Mountains

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813172527
Total Pages : 328 pages
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Book Synopsis Moving Mountains by : Penny Loeb

Download or read book Moving Mountains written by Penny Loeb and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the heart of the southern West Virginia coalfields, one of the most important environmental and social empowerment battles in the nation has been waged for the past decade. Fought by a heroic woman struggling to save her tiny community through a landmark lawsuit, this battle, which led all the way to the halls of Congress, has implications for environmentally conscious people across the world. The story begins with Patricia Bragg in the tiny community of Pie. When a deep mine drained her neighbors’ wells, Bragg heeded her grandmother’s admonition to “fight for what you believe in” and led the battle to save their drinking water. Though she and her friends quickly convinced state mining officials to force the coal company to provide new wells, Bragg’s fight had only just begun. Soon large-scale mining began on the mountains behind her beloved hollow. Fearing what the blasting off of mountaintops would do to the humble homes below, she joined a lawsuit being pursued by attorney Joe Lovett, the first case he had ever handled. In the case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Bragg v. Robertson), federal judge Charles Haden II shocked the coal industry by granting victory to Joe Lovett and Patricia Bragg and temporarily halting the practice of mountaintop removal. While Lovett battled in court, Bragg sought other ways to protect the resources and safety of coalfield communities, all the while recognizing that coal mining was the lifeblood of her community, even of her own family (her husband is a disabled miner). The years of Bragg v. Robertson bitterly divided the coalfields and left many bewildered by the legal wrangling. One of the state’s largest mines shut down because of the case, leaving hardworking miners out of work, at least temporarily. Despite hurtful words from members of her church, Patricia Bragg battled on, making the two-hour trek to the legislature in Charleston, over and over, to ask for better controls on mine blasting. There Bragg and her friends won support from delegate Arley Johnson, himself a survivor of one of the coalfield’s greatest disasters. Award-winning investigative journalist Penny Loeb spent nine years following the twists and turns of this remarkable story, giving voice both to citizens, like Patricia Bragg, and to those in the coal industry. Intertwined with court and statehouse battles is Patricia Bragg’s own quiet triumph of graduating from college summa cum laude in her late thirtie and moving her family out of welfare and into prosperity and freedom from mining interests. Bragg’s remarkable personal triumph and the victories won in Pie and other coalfield communities will surprise and inspire readers.

Coal

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Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030911022X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Coal by : National Research Council

Download or read book Coal written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount, location, and quality of the coal resources and reserves be available to fulfill energy needs. It is also important that the United States extract its coal resources efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner. A renewed focus on federal support for coal-related research, coordinated across agencies and with the active participation of the states and industrial sector, is a critical element for each of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource and reserve assessments, coal mining and processing, transportation of coal and coal products, and coal utilization.

Csx

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ISBN 13 : 9781610603751
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Book Synopsis Csx by : Brian Solomon

Download or read book Csx written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formed in 1980 as a holding company for the Chessie and Seaboard Systems and several other eastern railroads, CSX in 1986 merged these several companies into CSX Transportation, staking its claim as one of the nation's dominant merger roads. This illustrated history provides a background of CSX's 25 years on the American railroad scene, describing how the company came to swallow several legendary regional lines and merger roads. The book also examines CSX hardware, facilities, and operations on more than 20,000 miles of trackage throughout the eastern half of the United States, from 1980 through today. Included is an explanation of the 1999 agreement by which CSX and Norfolk Southern purchased and effectively split the operations of their northern rival Conrail. Marvelous color photography, of course, depicts CSX diesel-electric powered freight operations in eastern and Midwestern U.S. urban centers and rural areas.

Greater Coal Utilization

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
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Book Synopsis Greater Coal Utilization by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Download or read book Greater Coal Utilization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report

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Total Pages : 668 pages
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Book Synopsis Report by : Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota

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Coal Country

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Total Pages : 318 pages
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Book Synopsis Coal Country by : Shirley Stewart Burns

Download or read book Coal Country written by Shirley Stewart Burns and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated chronicle of the growing protest movement against mountaintop removal mining (MTR) of coal in Appalachia, including essays, commentary, and oral histories.

Advanced Coal Combustion Systems

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Book Synopsis Advanced Coal Combustion Systems by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications

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Hearings

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
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Book Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

After Coal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis After Coal by : Tom Hansell

Download or read book After Coal written by Tom Hansell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when fossil fuels run out? How do communities and cultures survive? Central Appalachia and south Wales were built to extract coal, and faced with coal's decline, both regions have experienced economic depression, labor unrest, and out-migration. After Coal focuses on coalfield residents who chose not to leave, but instead remained in their communities and worked to build a diverse and sustainable economy. It tells the story of four decades of exchange between two mining communities on opposite sides of the Atlantic, and profiles individuals and organizations that are undertaking the critical work of regeneration. The stories in this book are told through interviews and photographs collected during the making of After Coal, a documentary film produced by the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University and directed by Tom Hansell. Considering resonances between Appalachia and Wales in the realms of labor, environment, and movements for social justice, the book approaches the transition from coal as an opportunity for marginalized people around the world to work toward safer and more egalitarian futures.

Reconstruction and Production

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1206 pages
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Book Synopsis Reconstruction and Production by : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Reconstruction and Production

Download or read book Reconstruction and Production written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Reconstruction and Production and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of Investigations

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Report of Investigations written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Railroad Transportation Policy Act of 1979

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Book Synopsis Railroad Transportation Policy Act of 1979 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Download or read book Railroad Transportation Policy Act of 1979 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Industry Report

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Total Pages : 860 pages
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Book Synopsis Industry Report by : United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

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Train Time

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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813930502
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Train Time by : John R. Stilgoe

Download or read book Train Time written by John R. Stilgoe and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in an economy and culture "waiting for the train." In Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape, John R. Stilgoe picks up where his acclaimed work Metropolitan Corridor left off, carrying his ideas about the spatial consequences of railways up to the present moment. Arguing that the train is returning, "an economic and cultural tsunami about to transform the United States," Stilgoe posits a future for railways as powerful shapers of American life. Divided into sections that focus on particular aspects of the impending impact of railroads on the landscape, Train Time moves seamlessly between historical and contemporary analysis. From his reading of what prompted investors to reorient their thinking about the railroad industry in the late 1970s, to his exploration of creative solutions to transportation problems and land use planning and development in the present, Stilgoe expands our perspective of an industry normally associated with bad news. Urging us that "the magic moment is now," he observes, "Now a train is often only a whistle heard far off on a sleepless night. But romantic or foreboding or empowering, the whistle announces return and change to those who listen." For scholars with an interest in American history in general and railroad and transit history in particular, as well as general readers concerned about the future of transportation in the United States, Train Time is an engaging look at the future of our railroads.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Report on an Assessment of Available Information on Energy in the United States to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate

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Total Pages : 522 pages
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Book Synopsis Report on an Assessment of Available Information on Energy in the United States to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate by : United States. National Fuels and Energy Study Group

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