Many eyes may be on Ireland today, but quite a few are on Washington D.C. where the 4th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week is taking place. Citizens from across Appalachia and the rest of the country are lobbying Congress to put an end to mountaintop removal coal mining and pass the Clean Water Protection Act(H.R. 1310). The bill would ensure clean drinking water by preventing mining companies from dumping mine waste into valley streams, a provision made legal during the Bush Administration which has already buried an estimated 1,200 miles of waterways. You can help by contacting your representative and asking them to co-sponsor the bill.
Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.
If you can't make a phone call, take action by writing your representative here.
Then urge the EPA to enforce stronger regulation for the diposal of Contaminated Coal Waste. You can sign our petition here.
To learn more please visit www.NoMoreMountaintopRemoval.org and please check out this video. Pass it around, tell your friends, and help prevent a mining practice that is quickly destroying the oldest and most biodiverse mountain ranges in the country.
