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Virginia Rising: DC Rally to save Ison Rock Ridge Nov 16th!
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
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In Wise County Virginia, a mountain known as Ison Rock Ridge is slated to be destroyed by a 1,200 acre mountaintop removal coal mine. Ison Rock Ridge sits above five small communities made up of 1,800 people. If the permit is approved, the quality of life for these people would effectively be destroyed as well.
The proposed mountaintop removal permit boundary calls for mining 300 feet from some community members’ homes as well as the burying of headwater streams that feed the creeks running through their communities.
Your efforts have held this permit at bay for years but now the EPA is close to making a final decision, and the state is siding with the coal companies. We need to make our voices heard louder than ever by showing up at their doorsteps and demanding justice.
On November 16th, we will gather in DC in front of the EPA headquarters alongside community members from Wise County to ask the EPA to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing.
I Love Mountains is teaming up with the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition and others to bring hundreds of people to the doorstep of the U.S. EPA. The EPA’s authority is all that stands in the way of blasting on Ison Rock Ridge but the agency has indicated that it is considering allowing the permit to move forward!
No matter where you are from, please join us in DC for Virginia Rising: the rally to keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing!
Virginia Rising: Wednesday November 16th, 12:00 PM, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Click here for the facebook event, invite your friends!
Best,
Matt Wasson
iLoveMountains.org
October 8th, 2011 at 9:17 am
Matt,
I want to go to the Virginia Rising rally in November. I have just recently decided to get involved in the movement against mountaintop removal and hope to participate in events like this one. But, I live in Pittsburgh. To get a bus or train, because of schedules I would have to take three days off from work, which I can’t afford to do. If I drive it would mean two days off and a hotel bill. I don’t expect you to change the date. I’m just wondering if events like this could be scheduled on Saturdays. I suppose it’s important to be there on a workday when the EPA office has people in it. A Monday or a Friday would make getting there easier, but the middle of the week is just too hard to do. Something to keep in mind in the future. Hope this one will go well.
Elise Power
October 16th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Very opposed to mountaintop removal. Keep me informed on issues where we can be involved.