Stripmining: Energy, Environment, and Economics materials, c.1979

Sub-Series (ap.afc.05.04)

Extent
11 Film containers
22 Audio tapes
2 Video cassettes
9 Photo prints
2 Boxes
Part of
Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series V. Appalshop Films, 1978-1983 > Stripmining: Energy, Environment, and Economics materials, c.1979
Scope and Contents
Contains material related to the color documentary Stripmining: Energy, Environment, and Economics, a 1979 release. The documentary looks at the history of this controversial mining method and a citizens’ movement to regulate strip mining that culminated in passage of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.   Subjects include strip mining, environmental and economic aspects of coal mining, and coal mining law and legislation.