Something you can do this week for the Appalachian Mts.

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Posted on November 21, 2006
Filed Under Deep ecology, Greenhouse gas emissions, Ecological hope, Consumer culture, Fossil fuel dependency, Environmental disasters, Earth spirituality

Fostering Ecological Hope

Today from Margaret Swedish:

Visitors to this blog know that I feel rather passionately about the issue of mountaintop removal, the abomination that is the latest technology for extracting coal from the earth — just blast away irreplaceable, magnificently beautiful mountains.

I don’t have time for my own post today, so I am pasting in below this plea for action that came to my email queue today from a group working to end this practice.   Think of it as a guest blog, and I hope it will inspire you to take action.

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Dear Margaret,

Last week’s midterm elections changed the face of Congress – and created new opportunities for the thousands of people like you and me who want to see an end to the destructive practice of mountaintop removal coal mining.

With fewer defensive battles before us, there will be opportunities for us to promote an offensive agenda for Appalachian issues when the 110th Congress convenes on January 3rd.

Among the most important opportunities available right now is the opportunity for activists across the country to generate cosponsors for the Clean Water Protection Act, which will protect Appalachia’s rivers and streams – rather than burying them beneath tons of toxic waste from mountaintop removal mining.

Please, write your representatives today and ask them to become an original co-sponsor to the Clean Water Protection Act in 2007: http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

We know the holidays are nearly upon us, but please, take a moment to visit or contact your Representative and Senators now. New members of Congress may have swearing-in parties over the next few weeks. Consider attending and congratulating them – then, enlist their support for the Clean Water Protection Act. Urge them to become an original cosponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act in the 110th Congress by contacting Rep. Frank Pallone’s office in Washington, DC.

Remember, the Appalachian mountains have no party affiliation. But by working with the new majority in Congress, each of us can play a role in ending mountaintop removal mining.

Thank you for taking action.

Mary Anne Hitt
http://www.iLoveMountains.org/

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