The mining industry and enviromentalism: Shot gun wedding or custody dispute?

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:107734

Maxey, M N ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

The conflict between the mining industry and the environmentalists is discussed. It is fair to say that for the past quarter century, the political agenda of Western industralized socities has been driven by those opposed to forms of economic growth that provides sustenance to a growing population. They regard growth as the major threat to their social philosophy which champions a wholly new ethic of biocentric equality or living as if nature mattered. The world view of this conflict as well as the common sense difference that ethics makes are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 107734
• Report Number(s): CONF-9506230-; TRN: 95:006374-0002
• Resource Relation: Conference: The Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute conference on coal mining and education, Crested Butte, CO (United States), 25-27 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 92st regular meeting of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute; Finnie, D.G. [ed.]; PB: 148 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL MINING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
COAL MINES
ETHICAL ASPECTS