The Clean Water Protection Act would redefine fill material to not include waste.
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development and Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
This website is a joint project of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) and Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. It contains useful analysis, resources, case studies and examples about the opportunity and need for a just economic transition in Appalachia.
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
This slideshow was developed to help inform KFTC members and other audiences about recent studies linking poor health with proximity to large scale strip-mining.
Margaret Palmer, et al in the journal Science
This is a brief and comprehensive review of many scientific studies describing the environmental and health consequences of mountaintop coal mining in Central Appalachia.
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
This fact sheet can be downloaded and used in your local organizing and outreach efforts.
Dr. Paul Epstein, et al in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science
This study estimates that the mining, transporting and burning of coal results in $75 billion annually in public health costs in Appalachian communities, with a majority of those impacts resulting from increased health care costs, injury, and death.
Dr. Michael Hendryx et al in the Journal of Community Health
This study found that mountaintop mining is linked with increased community cancer risk. Self-reported rates of cancer were higher in a WV county with mountaintop coal mining than in a similar, nearby Appalachian county without large scale strip mining.
Keith Zullig and Michael Hendryx
This study found that residents of Central Appalachian counties with mountaintop coal mining reported significantly more days of poor physical, mental and activity limitation and rated their own health more poorly than people living in similar communities without large scale strip-mining.
Melissa Ahern, et al in Environmental Research Journal
This study found that the rate of children born with birth defects was 42% higher in Appalachian communities with mountaintop coal mining than in similar non-mining communities.
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
This page contains direct links to numerous, recent peer reviewed studies about the health impacts of large scale surface coal mining in Central Appalachia.
