CLICK HERE to watch the video

Instead of blowing up mountains, what if we harnessed the wind that blows through the mountains to meet our energy needs?

That’s exactly what a major new campaign is proposing:

http://www.CoalRiverWind.org

Coal River Mountain is one of the most beautiful mountains in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia.

But Big Coal has plans for a major mountaintop removal coal mining operation at Coal River Mountain. If their plans go through, nearly 10 square miles of the mountain would be destroyed, and 18 valley fills would devastate the Clear Fork River watershed.

Fortunately, there is an alternative to mountaintop removal mining on Coal River Mountain — and it’s literally hanging right there in the mountain breeze.

In 2006, a study of the wind potential on Coal River Mountain demonstrated that Coal River Mountain is an ideal location for developing utility-scale wind power.

Building a wind farm at Coal River mountain would produce enough wind power to keep the lights on in 150,000 homes… pump $20 million per year in direct local spending during construction and $2 million per year thereafter… create hundreds of jobs…. and preserve Coal River Mountain for generations to come.

Click here to watch a short video about Coal River Wind.

Starting today, citizens from the Coal River Valley and across the country are launching a major new campaign to to move our nation toward the production of clean energy by making this unique opportunity a reality.

But we need your help to make this happen.

Click here to add your voice to the movement to produce a clean alternative to mountaintop removal mining at Coal River Mountain.

And please, take a moment to forward this email on to your friends and family. We need your help in spreading the word about this incredibly important new initative.

Mary Anne Hitt
iLoveMountains.org