November 9, 2009

Action

Call on the Obama Administration to stop Mountaintop Removal Mining on Coal River Mountain. Send a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and urge her to stop strip mining on Coal River Mountain.

Background

Last Friday, reports confirmed that blasting had begun on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection confirmed that coal was being moved off the mountain. This was devastating news to local residents who have rallied around a plan to build a wind farm on the peaks of Coal River Mountain, the highest ever slated for mountaintop removal mining.

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Faith reflection

Rising above a picturesque valley in southern West Virginia, like an oasis in the midst of coal country, Coal River Mountain represents the last, best hope for a community resisting the legacy of dirty energy in this part of Appalachia. God gives us freedom to use the earth's resources, but we need to use them in a way that honors God's creation, not destroys it, and which sustains God's people.

Action

Call on the Obama Administration to stop Mountaintop Removal Mining on Coal River Mountain. Send a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and urge her to stop strip mining on Coal River Mountain.