MOUNTAINS OF "GREEN": ANALYZING THE VISUAL RHETORIC OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL.
Mountaintop removal has long been a contentious practice in the Appalachian Mountain region. It is fraught with complexities and controversies and is often positioned between debates about economic development and environmental sustainability. This conflict has been complicated by the movement towar...
| Published in: | Journal of Appalachian Studies Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 185 - 210 |
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Appalachian Studies Association
Fall2018
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