Join us in D.C. this December: Coalfields Expressway, Rally to Stop the Hijack!

On Thursday, Dec. 5, we need your support to rally in front of Federal Highways to expose the Coalfields Expressway for what it really is: a stripmine highway.

The Coalfields Expressway is a Virginia highway project that has been hijacked by the coal industry so that they can seize land through eminent domain, blow up mountains, bury streams with mining waste and ignore environmental protections while doing so.

RSVP now to join us on December 5.

Federal Highways will determine whether this project moves forward without any additional review or whether it is put on hold until the environmental impacts are fully considered. They need to hear directly from you that this project is nothing more than a mountaintop removal project being disguised as a highway.

Join us:
When: 12 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 5
Where: Federal Highway Administration
             1200 New Jersey Ave SE
             Washington, D.C., 20590

RSVP now!

Also if you haven’t yet, please sign this petition to Federal Highways, which will be delivered on December 5 during the rally.

The choice is clear to us; we need to make sure it is clear to them. See you in D.C. this December.

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Act Now: EPA Approves Weakened Standards for Water Pollution

Last Friday, EPA allowed the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection to weaken a critical water quality standard for selenium; a decision that could deeply compromise the safety of communities across the entire Appalachian region.

Take action now and tell the EPA that it is unacceptable to weaken water quality standards and put communities rights to clean water at risk.

The significance of the EPA’s decision cannot be overstated. Already, other states in Appalachia, including Virginia and West Virginia, are considering similar changes to their water quality standards. Friday’s action by EPA sends these states a signal that is okay to gut protections for clean water and make it easier for the coal industry to do more mountaintop removal coal mining.

In making this decision, EPA is ignoring the input of thousand of citizens. Take action now and tell EPA we need them to do their job and to protect the rights of citizens to clean and safe water — instead of the coal industry.

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