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Spruce Mine Veto Overturned–Take Action Now!
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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Last year, you contributed to a major victory for Appalachia when the Environmental Protection Agency decided to veto the Spruce Mine in West Virginia — one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed.
Now that historic victory is in jeopardy.
In a controversial decision, a federal court overrode the EPA’s veto of the mine, despite the fact that it will dump 110 million cubic yards of mining waste into local waterways, generate toxic pollutants, and bury over six miles of streams — a clear violation of the Clean Water Act. 1
Now it is time for The White House to step up and stop the Spruce Mine.
The EPA vetoed the mine because they know that destroying mountains and dumping waste in Appalachian communities’ streams is wrong. They know that having access to clean water and living in a safe environment is a basic human right.
Last week, the EPA vowed it would not let the court’s ruling interfere with its commitment to protect Appalachian communities and their access to clean water. 2
Tell the White House CEQ to support the EPA’s efforts and stop the Spruce Mine.
Last year you helped us send over 10,000 messages to the EPA urging them to veto the mine. Together we won. We can’t back down now!
Send a message to the White House CEQ today and save Logan County, WV from destructive mountaintop removal mining.
For the Mountains,
Matt Wasson
iLoveMountains.org
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1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/opinion/clean-water-and-the-spruce-mine.html
May 24th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I couln’t find a good spot to leave this comment. Someone should work on getting Dateline to pick up this situation. Make it more well known to the rest of the country. Because of many Datelines specials things have come to peoples attention and have ultimetly got plenty of done to change laws and such.
June 6th, 2012 at 1:34 am
The dangers are being overlooked by the Almighty dollar.
Rule 1 no mining should be aloud on or near any fault line, Now if their is anyway to prove that a stress point was contacted to cause the increased earthquakes including the Magnitude 6.0+ it could come to a halt. Now I would agree more to wind power on the ridges would supply more energy than the coal that is removed vs long lasting perminet damage to the enviooment