Mountains of Injustice

Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority neighborhoods in our nation's cities are often the preferred sites for landfills, power plants, and polluting factories. Those who live in these sacrifice zones are forced to shoulder the burden of harmful environmental effects so that others can prosper. Mountains of Injustice broadens the discussion from the city to the country by focusing on the legacy of disproportionate environmental health impacts on communities in the Appalachian region, where the costs of cheap energy and cheap goods are actually quite high.Through compelling stories and interviews with people who are fighting for environmental justice, Mountains of Injustice contributes to the ongoing debate over how to equitably distribute the long-term environmental costs and consequences of economic development.Contributors:
Laura Allen, Brian Black, Geoffrey L. Buckley, Donald Edward Davis, Wren Kruse, Nancy Irwin Maxwell, Chad Montrie, Michele Morrone, Kathryn Newfont, John Nolt, Jedediah S. Purdy, and Stephen J. Scanlan.

Autorentext
Jacqueline S. Feather and Kevin R. Ronan

Inhalt
Foreword
Donald Edward DavisIntroduction: Environmental Justice and Appalachia
Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. BuckleyPart One. Perspectives1: The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia
Stephen J. Scanlan2: A Legacy of Extraction: Ethics in the Energy Landscape of Appalachia
Brian Black3: Pollution or Poverty: The Dilemma of Industry in Appalachia
Nancy Irwin MaxwellPart Two. Citizen Action4: "We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another": Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia
Chad Montrie5: Commons Environmentalism Mobilized: The Western North Carolina Alliance and the Cut the Clearcutting! Campaign
Kathryn Newfont6: Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste: The Case of David Witherspoon, Inc.
John NoltPart Three. In their Own Words7: Housewives from Hell: Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Facility Siting
Michele Morrone and Wren Kruse8: Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields
Geoffrey L. Buckley and Laura AllenAfterword: An American Sacrifice Zone
Jedediah S. PurdyContributorsIndex

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