Capital's commodity frontiers strategy has at once woven together regional differences
within an expanding world‐system and remade the productive and reproductive activities of …

The world-ecological framework has recently made innovations in the field of environmental
and historical sociology. World-ecology seeks to transcend modernity's dualism of nature …

The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence of custodial grandparenting in Central
Appalachia to other areas in Appalachia and the rest of the US, to explore how recent …

This article discusses the exhaustion of socio-ecological relations in the coalfields of West
Virginia. We use the term socio-ecological to signify" the interwoven character and the …

Coal has a questionable future with the potential exhaustion of available coal. Alternate
sources of energy production should be considered, such as hydropower dams, or the more …

Economic development in Appalachia has failed to achieve socioeconomic parity with the
rest of the nation, especially in coal-dependent communities. This thesis examines the …

Report on Appendix A-1 of the Virginia Energy Plan: Impacts of Proposed Regulations
under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act Page 1 ! ! ! ! Report on Appendix A-1 of the …

On June 2, 2014, pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Clean Power Plan to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) …