MOVING MOUNTAINS

Reviewed 7/27/2023

Moving Mountains, by Penny Loeb

MOVING MOUNTAINS
How one Woman and her Community Won Justice from Big Coal
Penny Loeb
The University Press of Kentucky, September 2007

Rating:

5.0

High

ISBN-13 978-0-8131-2441-4
ISBN-10 0-8131-2441-7 306pp. HC/BWI $27.95

Table of Contents

  Preface xi
  Acknowledgments xv
  List of Recurring People and Organizations xvii
1. Awakening to Injustice 3
2. Slicing Mountains 19
3. A Miner's Life 40
4. The Lawyer 50
5. Changing the Laws 66
6. Bragg v. Robertson 91
7. Rallying Around 100
8. The Moores' Case 120
9. Internal Wrangling 129
10. The Governor's Task Force 134
11. Settling for Less or More 141
12. Before the Judge 153
13. Back at the Legislature 183
14. Frenzied Negotiations 194
15. The Environmental Impact Statement 213
16. Unbelievable 226
17. The New Era 240
  Epilogue 279
  Appendix: The Bragg v. Robertson Case 283
  Bibliography 286
  Index 294
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