Defenders of Appalachia: the campaign to eliminate mountaintop removal coal mining and the role of Public Justice.: An article from: Environmental Law

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From the author: This Comment examines the legal strategies and techniques utilized in a series of environmental lawsuits challenging mountaintop removal coal mining. This case study also explores the role that Public Justice plays in affecting positive change through public interest law. Many are unaware of both the devastation mountaintop removal coal mining causes in the Appalachians and the contributions of trial lawyers to public interest law. To shed light on both these issues, this Comment discusses the background of mountaintop removal coal mining and Public Justice, the history of litigation and legal strategies used to further the campaign against such devastating mining techniques, and the role of politics, policy, and publicity.

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Title: Defenders of Appalachia: the campaign to eliminate mountaintop removal coal mining and the role of Public Justice.
Author: Mark Baller
Publication:Environmental Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Page: 629(35)

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