'''Maria Gunnoe''' is an environmentalist who opposes [[mountaintop removal mining]].<ref name="gun">{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_oGvzi4nDjqpu5zqVkCvqWii-DwD97LQDP80|title=Mountaintop mining activist wins global award|last=Smith|first=Vicki|date=22 April 2009|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref> She is featured in the 2008 documentary film ''[[Burning the Future: Coal in America]]'', the 2007 documentary film ''Mountain Top Removal'', and the 2011 documentary film "''[[The_last_mountain|The Last Mountain."]]'' In 2006, Gunnoe received the [[Callaway Award]] for her organizing efforts in her southern [[West Virginia]] community.<ref name="ohio">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohvec.org/press_room/press_releases/2006/12_14.html|title=The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest Presents the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage on Thursday December 14, 2006|date=December 14, 2006|publisher=Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref><ref name="flatten">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/16/usa.paulharris|title=They flattened this mountaintop to find coal - and created a wasteland|last=Harris|first=Paul|date=16 January 2005|publisher=The Observer|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref><ref name="heat">{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0103/p02s01-ussc.html?s=widep|title=In coal country, heat rises over latest method of mining|last=Paulson|first=Amanda|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/452816/Burning-the-Future-Coal-in-America/details|title=Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref>
In 2009 Gunnoe received the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]], which is the second time an environmentalist has been awarded a Goldman Prize for fighting coal mining operations in West Virginia. In 2003, [[Julia Bonds]] won a Goldman for opposing the controversial practice of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.<ref name=gun/><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124025714886236163.html Woman Wins Environmental Prize for Fighting Mining Problems]</ref>
