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Big Coal in Your Stocking?
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
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For many residents of Wilson Creek, Kentucky, this season is less joyous than usual.
That’s because Wilson Creek is the latest mountain to be added to our list of America’s Most Endangered Mountains.
A major coal company has moved in to this small Kentucky community, with plans to blow up the ridge top above the right side of Wilson Creek. Their plans include three valley fills, which would bury the headwaters of Wilson Creek and Big Fork.
The majority of the 94 families who call Wilson Creek home are fighting to save their homes and their way of life from the devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining. But they need your help getting the word out about their struggle.
Can you take a moment to help tell the story of Wilson Creek by watching our latest episode of America’s Most Endangered Mountains, and forwarding the video on to you friends and family?
You can watch the video by clicking here:
http://ilovemountains.org/endangered/
The fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining may start in places like Wilson Creek, but it extends across the country — and all the way to Washington, DC.
That’s why we’re pleased to report that more than 3,000 letters have already been sent by iLoveMountains supporters like you to President-Elect Obama, asking him to end mountaintop removal coal mining within the first 100 days of his administration.
If you haven’t sent your own message to President-Elect Obama, please do so today by clicking here:
http://ilovemountains.org/obama/
Your efforts to spread the word and speak out against mountaintop removal coal mining are making a tremdendous difference.
Just recently, Bank of America, which has been one of the biggest financial backers of mountaintop removal coal mining companies, revised their policy on coal and declared that they will no longer fund mountaintop removal coal mining.
And just last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to raise awareness in Congress about the “Appalachian Apocalypse” that is mountaintop removal coal mining.
Yet for all the progress we’ve made, 2009 is shaping up to be the most critical year yet in the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining. And we’re going to need all the help we can get.
So please, take a moment over the holidays to invite your friends and family to join you in standing up for the mountains we love. You can invite them to join us by clicking here:
http://ilovemountains.org/take_action/
From all of us at iLoveMountains, Happy Holidays.
Matt Wasson
iLoveMountains.org
