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The Blue Marble - NASA photo
Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Walker Cat says, ‘Yes, Coal,’ by Dave Cooper, Mountaintop Removal Road Show
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Regular visitors to this blog know that we have rather strong feelings about the coal industry, and most especially its practice of blowing up mountains in the Appalachian Range to get at the coal buried within them. Put ‘mountaintopping’ into our search engine to access lots of information. Here we want to call your attention to some of the organizations whose work we continue to follow.
Mountain Justice Summer: Besides their very good info, this group carries out training camps in coal country that provide information and organizing skills to help folks become active in the struggle to end this egregious practice.
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition: Out of Huntington, West Virginia, the site has photo galleries, action alert, newsletters, press releases, and more.
Coal River Mountain Watch: “Remembering the past, working for the future.” Photo gallery, updates, info on energy alternatives.
Ilovemountains.org: This active and intriguing website, full of photos, videos, campaign info, and news updates, is produced by Appalachian Voices.
Catholic Committee of Appalachia, long devoted to defending the land and peoples of Appalachian country
Stop Mountaintop Removal-West Virginia Coalition, coalition of several organizations, including Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Sierra Club, EarthJustice, and Coal River Mountain Watch.
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Action on Capitol Hill
It is crucial that we constituents communicate regularly with our Representatives and Senators about our concerns for our planet, our energy future, our Earth community. We have to make our voices heard over the din of the big lobbyists and monied interests. Echoing Al Gore’s campaign, we are not asking, we are demanding action: things like carbon taxes, caps on greenhouse gas emissions, sharp controls on development, eliminating tax breaks for the fossil fuel industries and industrial agriculture and putting those funds towards alternative energy sources and small-scale farms, preferably organic, and preservation of ecosystems around the country. This is about the future of our children and grandchildren — and theirs, too.
Organize community discussions in your places of worship, union halls, community organizations, and then join together - to visit your representatives and their staffs, to organize letter-writing campaigns, to participate in town hall discussions, radio talk shows, and community events around specific issues related to your ecological concerns. To get ideas, visit our links and resources page and visit some of the organizations listed there.
Browse through this website to find information and links to articles that can provide facts and figures to support your work.
Remember: there is no action too small to make a difference. Get involved!
Congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121
Addresses:
Rep. ______, House of Representatives, Wash. DC 20515
Sen. ______, US Senate, Wash. DC 20510