Mountaintop Removal

Here is a video on mountaintop removal and the destruction of the Appalachian Mountains. This is mass destruction of America's environment "right in our backyard" (other than subdivisions and stripmalls). But it gets the "out of sight, out of mind" treatment. You can't be patriotic and love America if you support this in any way. Passivity=Support. So there is a link to a major petition at the bottom, with the intention of saving the regions water supply.




This link will take you to the Bill Moyers Journal video report on the issue.

Say No to the Blowing Up of Appalachia

The Bush administration has already relaxed Clean Water Act safeguards that protected Appalachian mountain streams from mountaintop removal mining and "King Coal." Now, the administration is trying to weaken the "buffer zone rule," a Reagan-era protection that prohibits coal-mining activities from disturbing areas within 100 feet of streams.

If this new rule goes forward, coal companies will be allowed to dump massive amounts of waste directly into streams, destroying them completely. Already, nearly 2,000 miles of mountain streams in Appalachia have been permanently buried by mountaintop removal waste. Destroying thousands of miles of mountain streams is more than irresponsible; it is immoral.

The Bush administration has prepared a draft environmental impact study it claims looks at alternatives to the elimination of the buffer zone, but the administration failed to even consider enforcing the existing law as an option!

Now is your chance to say "No" to this latest attempt to weaken or eliminate the buffer zone rule that has protected streams from coal mining activities for decades!

Tell the administration to stop trying to diminish the buffer zone rule and start enforcing it!
You can sign the petition here.