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The good news, bad news, and good news again!

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

So its been a very interesting couple of days. As promised in the blog title, I’ve got good, bad, then good news to report.

Most importantly, we JUST found out that Bank of America, one of the biggest backers of mountaintop removal coal mining companies, revised their policy on coal. Get this, they will no longer be funding mountaintop removal operations! Yeah, we couldnt believe it either! This is a huge falling domino in a 30 year campaign to end destruction of Appalachian mountains.

To everyone at Bank of America, thank you for doing the right thing. We applaud you.

So, some bad news. Yesterday, we found out that the EPA signed off on an 11th hour Bush Administration proposal to weaken the stream buffer zone rule, which regulates waste disposal at surface mines. But not to worry. There is a ground swell of opposition to the change, in Congress and around country, and President-elect Obama will have the power to roll back the rule once he’s in office.

Last, but not least, more good news. During the campaign, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to end mountaintop removal coal mining.

“We’re tearing up the Appalachian Mountains because of our dependence on fossil fuels,” Obama said in Lexington, Kentucky in August of 2007. “We have to find more environmentally sound ways of mining coal than simply blowing the tops off mountains.”

Today, we launched a major campaign asking President-elect Obama to deliver on his campaign pledge – and to do so within the first 100 days of his presidency. And After only 12 hours, 1,700 people sent letters to Mr. Obama. He’s heard us loud and clear.

Thanks again for everyones support. Till next time, onward and upward!

– – Benji Burrell, Technologist
iLoveMountains.org

5 Responses to “The good news, bad news, and good news again!”

  1. iLoveMountains.org » Blog Archive - End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining -- Big Coal in Your Stocking? Says:

    […] Just recently, Bank of America, which has been one of the biggest financial backers of mountaintop removal coal mining companies, revised their policy on coal and declared that they will no longer fund mountaintop removal coal mining. […]

  2. Donna L Hartman Says:

    Protect the mountains!

  3. Tim Chavez Says:

    Stop Mountaintop Removal.

  4. weee man Says:

    boooooooooooooooooooo kill the mountaintops

  5. Teresa Travis Says:

    Why can’t those people leave anything alone ? like Forest Service murdering wolves from helicopters or BLM removing wild mustangs and selling them at auctions…or NASA bombing the moon…what is the matter with Americans ? America was once a country to be proud of…now is it worth
    believing in ?

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