Action Against Mountaintop removal

Hello friends,

There are two important things your group can do to help end mountaintop removal this week and next week -- the first is sending a letter, on your letterhead, to Lisa Jackson asking the EPA to put an immediate moratorium on mountaintop removal permits under the Clean Water Act -- this is important, as a recent court ruling has opened up 100 new permits that would destroy over 200 miles of streams -- and the EPA has the power to stop that destruction. The letter is attached, with contact info included, feel free to adapt for your own group. It would be ideal to have the letter sent in via email or fax this week or next. Please let me know if you do send a letter in to the EPA.

The second important thing is passing forward an action alert next Tuesday, March 17th. We are having a call in day to support the 150+ citizens who will be in Washington next week lobbying for the Clean Water Protection Act HR 1310 -- if you have an action alert list, or just a list of interested people or list-servs who might have a few minutes to call in or send an email, please pass it along next Tuesday. A sample call in day email blast is attached.


It's an exciting time for those working to end mountaintop removal coal mining -- but it's also become more important to show the new administration that the grassroots outcry against mountaintop removal is more powerful than the coal lobby.

Thanks so much for all you do! Please let me know if you have any questions.

PS--Please let me know if you'll be in DC to join us for any part of the End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington!


Thanks again for your support!

Dana Kuhnline

Alliance for Appalachia
PO Box 11701
Charleston, WV 25339
Call: (304) 546-8473
Fax: (304) 342-3183
Dana@TheAllianceForAppalachia.org

www.ilovemountains.org
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