As we hold the mining communities affected by the recent mining tragedy in Montcoal, WV in our thoughts and prayers, let us note the following actions that hold hope for bringing change to communities that are affected by mountaintop removal…
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Contact Your Representative Today to End Mountaintop Removal Mining
This week, nearly 200 citizens from Appalachia and across the US are gathering in Washington, DC for the 5th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington – and hundreds more will show support by contacting their representatives. Please contact your…
Read more »New Scientific Study Shows Mountaintop Removal Should Stop
A recent study, headed by Margaret Palmer, a University of Maryland researcher, found that the mountaintop removal destroys ecosystems and should be ended. In an article in the Washington Post Palmer stated, “”The science is so overwhelming that the only…
Read more »Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Affirms Resolution Regarding Prohibition of Mountain Top Removal Coal in the State of Georgia
Karen Turney, Chairperson of the Public Policy Advocacy Committee for the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta sent in this article about recent action regarding mountaintop removal mining: At the December 1 meeting of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, representatives from the…
Read more »Article on Faith and Mountaintop Removal
The front page of Sunday’s Courier-Journal featured an article on faith and mountaintop removal that started out with a quote from Stewardship of Creation Enabler Rev. Robin Blakeman, “Mountaintop-removal mining blasts away our souls, blasts away our communities, the souls…
Read more »Protecting the Mountains
In God’s hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are God’s also. Psalm 95:4 Last night I attended a fund raiser for Kentuckians for the Commonwealth’s work to end mountaintop removal mining (MTR). The evening…
Read more »Stop Mountaintop Removal on Coal River Mountain
From the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program: Lands and water are essential parts of God’s creation. Through the land, God nourishes life and water links human life to the rest of God’s Creation. Creation begins with God calling life…
Read more »Mountaintop Removal: What We Can Do
Earlier this week I traveled to Whitesburg in eastern Kentucky to learn more about mountaintop removal with the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Working Group. Having just been to West Virginia to learn more about the issue, I was interested…
Read more »End Nationwide Permits for Mountaintop Removal
Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Valley Fills: When mountaintop removal mining occurs, the top of a mountain is blasted off and then the rock “waste” is dumped in the valley below, burying streams and killing aquatic life. Currently many mountaintop removal…
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