Moving mountains : how one woman and her community won justice from big coal / Penny Loeb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loeb, Penny, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Groundwater--Pollution--Law and legislation--West Virginia--Pie.

Groundwater.

Coal mines and mining--Law and legislation--West Virginia--Pie.

Coal mines and mining.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--Trials, litigation, etc.

United States.

Bragg, Patricia, 1958---Trials, litigation, etc.

Bragg, Patricia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In late 1994, wells in Pie, West Virginia, began to go dry, leaving many residents of the small coal-mining town without potable water. When local housewife Trish Bragg made a few phone calls in an effort to solve this problem, she had no idea that her inquiries would eventually lead to her becoming the named plaintiff in a major lawsuit, a summa cum laude college graduate, and a hero of her community. Moving Mountains recounts the struggle of Trish Bragg and other ordinary West Virginians for fair treatment by the coal companies that dominate the local economies of southern West Virginia. The

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Author's Note; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Recurring People and Organizations; 1. Awakening to Injustice; 2. Slicing Mountains; 3. A Miner's Life; 4. The Lawyer; 5. Changing the Laws; 6. Bragg v. Robertson; 7. Rallying Around; 8. The Moores' Case; 9. Internal Wrangling; 10. The Governor's Task Force; 11. Settling for Less or More; 12. Before the Judge; 13. Back at the Legislature; 14. Frenzied Negotiations; 15. The Environmental Impact Statement; 16. Unbelievable; 17. The New Era; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813156569

0813156564

9780813172521

0813172527

OCLC:

182747791