Coal Surface Mining

Introduction -- Surface Mining in Perspective -- Recent Trends in the Geography of Coal -- Surface Mining and Reclamation -- Bureau Seeks New Surface Mining and Reclamation Techniques -- Land Utilization and Reclamation in the Mining Industry, 1930-71 -- Environmental Impacts -- Coal and the Environment -- A Crop for Mine Spoils? -- Highwalls-An Environmental Nightmare -- Revegetating Surface-Mined Land -- Coal Mining vs. Environment: A Reconciliation in Pennsylvania -- Economic Impacts -- The Economic Problem of Coal Surface Mining -- Strip Mine Reclamation and Economic Analysis -- The Cost of Coal -- Market Imperfections, Social Costs of Strip Mining, and Policy Alternatives1 -- Economic Impacts of Surface Mining Reclamation -- Legal Impacts -- Strip Mining of Coal: A Federal Response to State Legislation -- The Control of Surface Mining: An Exercise in Creative Federalism -- Bonding Requirements for the Surface Mining of Coal -- The Strip Mining Dilemma: The Case of Virginia -- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) -- The Future of Surface Mining -- Coal and the Future of the Appalachian Economy -- Surface Mined Land Reclamation in Germany -- A Regional Analysis of Air Quality Standards, Coal Conversion, and the Steam-Electric Coal Market -- A Suitability Matrix for Selecting Land Use Alternatives for Reclaimed Strip Mine Areas -- Land Use Planning in Surface Mine Areas -- Allocation of United States Coal Production to Meet Future Energy Needs