Maria Gunnoe

Maria Gunnoe is an environmentalist who opposes mountaintop removal mining.^[1] She is featured in the 2008 documentary film Burning the Future: Coal in America and the 2007 documentary film Mountain Top Removal. In 2006, Gunnoe received the Callaway Award for her organizing efforts in her southern West Virginia community.^[2][3][4][5]

In 2009 Gunnoe received the Goldman Environmental Prize, which is the second time an environmentalist has been awarded a Goldman Prize for fighting coal mining operations in West Virginia. In 2003, Julia Bonds won a Goldman for opposing the controversial practice of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.^[1][6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Smith, Vicki (22 April 2009). "Mountaintop mining activist wins global award". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_oGvzi4nDjqpu5zqVkCvqWii-DwD97LQDP80. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
2. ^ "The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest Presents the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage on Thursday December 14, 2006". Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition. December 14, 2006. http://www.ohvec.org/press_room/press_releases/2006/12_14.html. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
3. ^ Harris, Paul (16 January 2005). "They flattened this mountaintop to find coal - and created a wasteland". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/16/usa.paulharris. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
4. ^ Paulson, Amanda (January 03, 2006). "In coal country, heat rises over latest method of mining". Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0103/p02s01-ussc.html?s=widep. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
5. ^ "Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/452816/Burning-the-Future-Coal-in-America/details. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
6. ^ Woman Wins Environmental Prize for Fighting Mining Problems

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