Tag: Coal

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Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 9, 2010
Learning Outcomes among Students in Relation to West Virginia Coal Mining: an Environmental Riskscape Approach
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 22, 2010
Ecological Integrity of Streams Related to Human Cancer Mortality Rates
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water

Newsletter OVEC Mar 15, 2010
Winds of Change, March 2010
Bo Webb, a resident of Rock Creek, WV, a Vietnam war veteran and someone whose home is adversely affected by mountaintop removal, doesn’t take no for an answer. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 15, 2010
Residence in Coal-Mining Areas and Low-Birth-Weight Outcomes
Issues: Coal, Health, Pollution, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Sep 23, 2009
Higher coronary heart disease and heart attack morbidity in Appalachian coal mining regions
Recent studies have documented poor population health outcomes in coal mining areas of Appalachia compared to other parts of the region or the nation More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 9, 2009
Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions: The Value of Statistical Life Lost
We compared age-adjusted mortality rates and socioeconomic conditions across four county groups: Appalachia with high levels of coal mining, Appalachia with lower mining levels, Appalachia without coal mining, and other counties in the nation. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 9, 2008
Mortality Rates in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties: 24 Years Behind the Nation
Appalachia has higher morbidity and mortality compared to the nation, and suffers greater socioeconomic disadvantages. This article investigates the relationship of coal mining to elevated mortality rates in Appalachia. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 9, 2008
Mortality from heart, respiratory, and kidney disease in coal mining areas of Appalachia
The purpose of this study was to test whether population mortality rates from heart, respiratory and kidney disease were higher as a function of levels of Appalachian coal mining after control for other disease risk factors. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 12, 2008
Lung cancer mortality is elevated in coal-mining areas of Appalachia
Previous research has documented increased lung cancer incidence and mortality in Appalachia. The current study tests whether residence in coal-mining areas of Appalachia is a contributing factor. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 9, 2007
Hospitalization Patterns Associated with Appalachian Coal Mining
The goal of this study was to test whether the volume of coal mining was related to population hospitalization risk for diseases postulated to be sensitive or insensitive to coal mining by-products. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal

Gallery OVEC Jan 31, 2003
Overweight Coal Trucks
Photos by Dave Cooper   More
Issues: Coal

People in Action Gallery OVEC Oct 28, 2000
Funeral for the Mountains
Mourn for our Losses, Stand Up for our Future! was the theme of the Funeral for the Mountains, held October 28, 2000 in Charleston, WV. In southern West Virginia, mountaintop removal coal mining has destroyed many mountain communities -- people's homes, schools and water wells. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal