Websites used:

Environmental

http://ilovemountains.org/resources/#mtrcommunities
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/environmental_impacts/

Economic

http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/economics/
http://windpub.com/dirtymoney.htm
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/myths_and_facts/

Myths and Facts about coal, and mountaintop removal.

http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/myths_and_facts/

For 130 years now, were been told over and over again that coal is good for Kentucky, but the numbers till a different story. More than 7.8 billion tons of coal have been mined here in that time. But despite the extraction of vast mineral wealth from our land, Kentucky continues its uphill struggle to provide a decent living, a good education, and a clean environment for its people. And the counties of the easter coalfields, with the richest natural reasources of all, remain one of the poorest states.


http://windpub.com/dirtymoney.htm

What effects does Mountian top removal have on the economy? Despite claims that mountaintop removal increases local tax revenues, counties that produce coal are devastated by poverty, school closings, and unemployment. McDowell County has produced more coal than any other county in West Virginia, and for many years in the nation, yet the median household income is $19,931 and 37.7% of residents live in poverty.

http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/economics/

Why is it bad for the environment?

http://www.ilovemountains.org/resources/#mtrenvironment

Mountiantop Removal

Mountaintop removal is devastating hundreds of square miles of Appalachia; polluting the headwaters of rivers that provide drinking water to millions of Americans; and destroying a distinctly American culture that has endured for generations.

http://ilovemountains.org/

America's Addiction to Coal

We get 52 percent of our electricity from coal-fired plants. They emit 2 billion tons of CO2 a year. Can clean coal technology be developed -- and in time?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/4.html