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Standard Oil, Consolidated Coal, And The Roots Of The Resource Curse In West Virginia, Alison Peck
Standard Oil, Consolidated Coal, And The Roots Of The Resource Curse In West Virginia, Alison Peck
West Virginia Law Review
Despite its natural resource wealth, West Virginia today ranks last among all states in its residents’ overall sense of well-being, a puzzle that economists call “the resource curse.” Much of West Virginia’s wealth, in the form of coal, oil, and gas, left the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before the state could tax it. This discouraging story was not inevitable. In 1905, a Morgantown lawyer named George C. Baker led an effort to tax coal, oil, and gas leases as personal property that nearly succeeded. Baker and his allies, Governor William M.O. Dawson and Tax Commissioner …
The Law Of Coal, Oil And Gas In West Virginia And Virginia, C. E. Goodwin
The Law Of Coal, Oil And Gas In West Virginia And Virginia, C. E. Goodwin
West Virginia Law Review
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Pain In The Ash: How Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Our Nation's Waters Without Consequences, Amanda P. Demmerle
Pain In The Ash: How Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Our Nation's Waters Without Consequences, Amanda P. Demmerle
West Virginia Law Review
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A Common Sense Approach To Coal's Role In Resolving America's Energy Crisis, John D. Rockefeller Iv
A Common Sense Approach To Coal's Role In Resolving America's Energy Crisis, John D. Rockefeller Iv
West Virginia Law Review
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Coal: The Coming Decade, Jennings Randolph
Coal: The Coming Decade, Jennings Randolph
West Virginia Law Review
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On Leasing Gas From Coal Seams, C. C. Williams Jr.
On Leasing Gas From Coal Seams, C. C. Williams Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Rights Of Fee Simple Owner Of Subjacent Mineral Stratum In The Containing Space, James W. Simonton
Rights Of Fee Simple Owner Of Subjacent Mineral Stratum In The Containing Space, James W. Simonton
West Virginia Law Review
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