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You Can End Mountaintop Removal

Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which entire mountains are literally blown up -- and it is happening here in America on a scale that is almost unimaginable.

Mountaintop removal is devastating hundreds of square miles of Appalachia; polluting the headwaters of rivers that provide drinking water to millions of Americans; and destroying a distinctly American culture that has endured for generations.

But mountaintop removal can be stopped -- with the help of people like you.

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Please take a moment to learn more about mountaintop removal mining -- and then join us by taking action to stop it.

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Featured News

WV issues a moratorium on new permits for coal sludge underground injections
State regulators issued a moratorium on new permits for the injection of coal slurry into underground mine voids, a practice that residents of several West Virginia coal counties have complained is polluting their drinking water.

EPA clears permits on 42 of 48 mountaintop removal mining sites
The EPA has signed off on almost all of the mountaintop removal permits that has so far been reviewed under the initiative announced in March 2009.

South Carolina Says “NO” To Mountaintop Removal Coal.
South Carolina legislators introduced the Appalachian Mountains Preservation Act, which would prohibit the import of coal extracted by mountaintop removal mining.

Opponents of Mountaintop Removal are “On the Right Side of This Issue” Says Duke Energy CEO
While several dozen people were outside Duke Energy headquarters protesting CEO Jim Rogers’ decision to construct new coal-fired power plants in North Carolina and Indiana, Scott Gollwitzer, Appalachian Voices’ In-house Counsel, was inside asking questions at the annual shareholders’ meeting...