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Stop the Disaster that is Mountaintop Removal
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and as the Obama administration continues to approve new mountaintop removal coal mining permits, it has never been more obvious that America needs to aggressively pursue a clean energy future.
A critical first step in pursuing that future could be achieved if the Senate passed the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696), which would sharply curtail mountaintop removal in the United States and protect the valleys, streams and communities that are being devastated by this destructive form of mining.
You can help make that happen. Could you take just a moment today to contact your Senators, and ask them to become a co-sponsor of the Appalachia Restoration Act?
Click here to contact your Senators today:
http://www.ilovemountains.org/write-your-senators/
There’s never been a more critical time to drive home the point about how mountaintop removal coal mining and a clean energy future don’t mix. Please, contact your Senators today and ask them to become a co-sponsor of the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696).
Thank you for taking action.
Matt Wasson
iLoveMountains.org
August 11th, 2010 at 6:09 am
after watching a program on russia today which concerned mountain top mining i was interested to see a protest group demanding a new school be built for their children. aparantly the school lies beneath a sludge pit from the mine.Please refer to aberfan disaster 1966 in wales in the uk.this disaster wiped a generation of children out when a landslide flattened the local school. thousands of tons of coal slag slipped and devastated the school.show those pictures to your senators. good luck in your campaign. William Owens
August 19th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
i think the rich coal co need to stop mineing all together i think they have got rich enough off the earth dont you what are they going to do when the earth cant take no more digging what is going to be for the next generation they dont think about that i want to know one thing who the hell give them the right to destroythe earth you know we are the ones going to pay for there mistake i say shut the damn mines down and stop destroying the earth send them back to hell where they came from