A Slide Presentation – The Hidden Destruction of the Appalachian Mountains
Dave Cooper
Monday, 10 Nov 2003 at 7:00 pm – 236 Memorial Union
Dave Cooper works with Appalachian Voices of Boone, North Carolina. Before becoming an environmental activist, he graduated from Vanderbilt University and spent 20 years working in industry as a mechanical engineer. After seeing a mountaintop removal mine in operation, he became a full-time activist. Larry Gibson lives in the West Virginia coalfields, and has been interviewed about MTR by ABC Nightline, the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Co., New York Times, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report and many other publications. Their website is www.appvoices.org.
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