Mining
Web Resources for Appalachian Environmental Advocates

James R. Elkins
Professor of Law/West Virginia University


Southern West Virginia Coal Mining: A Case Study

An Environmental & Economic History of Coal Mining in Appalachia

Scotts Run: A History of Exploitation and Abandonment

Legal Control of Appalachian Coal Mining

Native Americans & Environmental Advocacy

Western States & Public Lands Mining

Papua New Guinea: The Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples

Created and maintained by Professor James R. Elkins
Posted December 17, 1997. Revisions, June 9, 2000. This site
is no longer being updated although broken links are removed
as necessary.
With thanks to my colleague, Professor Pat McGinley, who inspired my efforts to think carefully about environmental degradation in the United States, the grassroots environment movement that opposes the degradation, and finally, for making it possible to teach with him the course we called Environmental Justice.