Environmental justice concerns related to mining and drilling often overlap with other areas of concern: air and water quality, soil contamination, and radiation from waste products. Opposition to drilling, and shale gas extraction in particular, is frequently an example of the "Not In My Backyard" (NIMBY) phenomenon, with areas that are poorer and/or home to more people of color being much more likely to be negatively affected.
Mountains of Injustice by 
Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal by 
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