11:374:279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mountaintop Removal Mining, Cornucopian

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
• Course: 11:374:279
• Professor: Schoolman

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Important note: bullet points under the heading in lecture are points that are not explicitly covered in the readings, but that i will fully explain in lecture. Please take careful notes on these in lecture points! Lecture 11: the ethic of total use (part 1): mines and rivers. How are its environmental impacts different from those of earlier forms of mining: mountaintop removal mining is a method of extracting coal by essentially. Earlier forms of mining do not effect as many species/lives in surrounding areas, however, there is still destruction of land. A resource should be used, not left in place; it should be used completely and above all, none should go to waste . What are some other areas of natural resource policy that reflect the influence of cornucopian values: uranium mining: considered the highest and best use of federal lands, wildlife: seeming abundance used to justify massive extraction (19th century)