Links
Coal Impoundment Project
http://www.coalimpoundment.org
Coal River Mountain Watch
http://webpages.charter.net/crmw/
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC)
http://www.kftc.org/
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC)
http://www.ohvec.org/
Citizens Coal Council
http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/
Common Dreams News Center
http://www.commondreams.org/
Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
http://wvhighlands.org/
Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM)
http://www.socm.org/
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
http://www.cleanenergy.org/
BushGreenwatch
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/
Grist Magazine
http://www.gristmagazine.com/
Kentucky Resources Council
http://www.kyrc.org/
Congress.org
http://www.congress.org
Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org/
Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org/
Earthjustice
http://www.earthjustice.org/
Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.org/
United Mine Workers of America
http://www.umwa.org/
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/
Mines and Communities
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/
INDUSTRY
Massey Energy
http://www.masseyenergyco.com/
Fluor Corporation
http://www.fluor.com/
Arch Coal
http://www.archcoal.com/
National Mining Association
http://www.nma.org/
Kentucky Coal Association
http://www.kentuckycoal.org/
West Virginia Coal Association
http://www.wvcoal.com/GOVERNMENT
State
Kentucky Division
of Mines and Minerals
http://www.dmm.ky.gov/
Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
http://www.dep.ky.gov/
Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission
http://www.eqc.ky.gov/
Federal
Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA)
http://www.msha.gov/
Coal Waste Dams and
Impoundments
http://www.msha.gov/impoundments/impoundmenthp.htm
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION:
Surface Impoundment Facility Underground Coal Mine
Non-injury Impoundment Failure/Mine Inundation Accident
October 11, 2000
Big Branch Refuse Impoundment
Martin County Coal Corporation
Inez, Martin County, Kentucky
http://www.msha.gov/impoundments/martincounty/martincounty.htm
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
Office of Surface Mining
http://www.osmre.gov
US Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.usace.army.mil/
United States Department of Justice
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/
United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
Stories and articles
Mother Jones
The 300-million-gallon warning
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2002/03/coal_slurry.html
Mine Your Own Business: The Coal Industry and Government Oversight
http://www.radioproject.org/archive/2003/3403.html
Audubon Magazine
SLUDGE SLINGING
http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0405.html
CBS "60 Minutes"
A Toxic Cover-Up?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/01/60minutes/main609889.shtml
"Under-Mined" by Clara Bingham
WASHINGTON-MONTHLY
January/February 2005
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0501.bingham.html