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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: CoalHealthMountaintop removalPollutionWater
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 11, 2010
Mountaintop Mining Consequences
Damage to ecosystems and threats to human health and the lack of effective mitigation require new approaches to mining regulation More
Issues: HealthMountaintop removalPollutionSocial justiceWater
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: CoalHealthMountaintop removalPollution
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 23, 2008
Relations Between Health Indicators and Residential Proximity to Coal Mining in West Virginia
We used data from a survey of 16493 West Virginians merged with county-level coal production and other covariates to investigate the relations between health indicators and residential proximity to coal mining. More
Issues: CoalHealthMountaintop removalPollutionWater
Sludge Gallery OVEC Feb 17, 2005
Sludge Spills Into Raleigh Stream, February 17, 2005
A few picture from the 40,000-gallon discharge at the White Mountain Mine near Josephine More
Issues: Mountaintop removalPollutionWater
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