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How are you connected to mountaintop removal coal?
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
November 15th, 2007 – The following email was sent to over 23,000 supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here.
Dear Friend,
For too long, politicians have written off mountaintop removal coal mining as a regional issue — but in truth itís a national disgrace
That’s why today we’re launching “My Connection” — a major new campaign and a new online tool that shows how your electric company — and power companies across America — are connected to mountaintop removal.
Click here to see how you’re connected — and learn what you can do to end that connection:
http://ilovemountains.org/myconnection
For years, coal companies have tried to hide the dirty secret behind mountaintop coal — that it comes at the the cost of mountains, communities and even lives.
Yet if you live east of the Mississippi, odds are some of your power comes directly from burning coal from mountaintop removal. And even if you live in California, our tool shows how the money you pay in your electric bill goes into the pockets of mountaintop removal coal companies.
Wherever we live, we all have a connection to mountaintop removal coal mining ñ and that means itís up to us to do something about it.
Please, visit My Connection to see how your electricity is connected to mountaintop removal — then take action and demand that your power company stop using mountaintop removal coal:
http://ilovemountains.org/myconnection
In the past year, our efforts to raise awareness about the devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining have made tremendous gains.
Now, with this major new campaign and webtool utilizing Google Maps and Google Earth, we can show how mountaintop removal coal mining affects and involves Americans all across the country — and tell the stories of the families who live in the shadows of these mines.
But we need your help to get the word out. Please, forward this email on to your friends and family and ask them to visit iLoveMountains.org to learn how they’re connected to mountaintop coal.
The coal companies want you to believe that mountaintop removal is just a local issue. But nearly every American is connected to mountaintop removal in some way, and ending this practice is our shared national responsiblity.
So please, visit My Connection, take action, and spread the word:
http://ilovemountains.org/myconnection
Thank you for all that you do to defend our mountains.
Mary Anne Hitt
iLoveMountains.org
PS The My Connection campaign is already attracting national attention. Click here to read today’s story about iLoveMountains in the Wall Street Journal:
