Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal (35 page)

Settle, Mary Lee

Serve God, Save the Planet
(Sleeth)

Sexton, Lee

Shelby, Anne

authors' mountaintop removal tour and

the Cosmic Mamaws and

environmental stewardship and

family history of

family homeplace of

first experience with mountaintop removal

identifies herself as an Appalachian

as musician and songwriter

opposes mountaintop removal

Public Outcry and

as writer

Shelby, Edmund

Shenandoah National Park

Shepherd, Johney

Shepherd, Lowell

Shoupe, Carl

faith of

family history of

identifies himself as Appalachian

lobbies against mountaintop removal

mining accident and

opposes mountaintop removal

UMWA and

as underground miner

as Vietnam veteran

work with KFTC and

Shumate sludge impoundment

Sierra Club

Sleeth, Dr. Matthew

sludge (coal slurry)

pond

spill

See also
Buffalo Creek Disaster; Martin County sludge spill

Smithsonian Guide to Historic America, The

Sojourners
magazine

Sollee, Ben

Songs for the Mountaintop

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS)

Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Living

Southwings

Spadaro, Jack

Buffalo Creek Disaster and

David Lauriski and

Davitt McAteer and

faith in government of

family history of

fights strip mining

going public and

government corruption and

Martin County sludge spill and

opposes mountaintop removal

patriotism and

Spencer, Brandon

Sprouse, Randy

Squidbillies

Stephen's Branch, Kentucky

Stewart, Shirley

Stidham, Lorrie

Still, James

storytelling

stream buffer zone

Stream Saver bill

strip mining.
See
surface mining

Strode, Bill

Sturgill, Bill

subscription schools

subsistence farming

Sumner, McKinley

surface mining

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)

Swindler, Samantha

Szakos, Joe

Teges Creek, Kentucky

Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act defeat of

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Thompson, Tim

Thornton, Tim

Troublesome Creek (Kentucky)

Tug Fork River

Tuke, Bob

underground mining

Union College

unionization

United Mine Workers Association (UMWA).
See
unionization

United Nations Conference on Environmental Sustainability

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. Steel

University of Kentucky

Unroe, Colleen

Upshur County, West Virginia

valley fills

Vezner, Jon

Vietnam War

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

Virginia Coal and Energy Commission

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Wallins Creek Elementary School

Wallis, Jim

Ward, Ken

Washington Post

Welch, Gillian

Weller, Jack

West, Don

West Kentucky Steel Construction Company

West Virginia Coal Association

West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

West Virginia University

Westmoreland Coal Company

whistle-blowing

Williams, Freda

Wilson, Larry

Wise County, Virginia

Wolf Creek (Kentucky)

Woolum, Nellie

Workman, Chester

Worthington, Marianne

Wright, Jack

Yablonski, Jock

Yesterday's People
(Weller)

Zeb Mountain