Mountaintop removal mining
is a form of strip mining in
which coal companies use explosives to blast as much as 800 to 1000
feet off the tops of mountains in order to reach the coal seams that
lie underneath.
The resulting millions of tons of waste rock, dirt, and
vegetation are then dumped into surrounding valleys, burying miles
and miles of streams under piles of rubble hundreds of feet deep.
Unfortunately, while Congress is moving to act, mountaintops are still
being blown up all over Appalachia. But with your help, we can put a
stop to it.
Join Earth Justice and take action
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More than 500
mountains have been
destroyed by
mountain top removal
Please join
us for a single step or the entire walk as we
Walk for a
Sustainable Future CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, RESTORE JOBS
We will gather in Prestonsburg KY on
Feb.2nd and at 11:30 for lunch followed by a tour of a mountain top
removal site and see
first hand how contaminated the water
around these sites are.
The walk will start on Feb. 3, 2011 in Prestonsburg,
KY, finishing in
Frankfurt on Feb. 14 in support of
I Love Mountains Day
If you are
outraged by this destruction of Appalachia, consider joining
this walk and carrying a message to Frankfort.
Please bring bikes, music, banners and good humor.
Some locations are close to but not
where we will actually stop for the day
Feb 3rd — Ivyton Kentucky
Feb 4th — Close to Elsie Kentucky
Feb 5th — Helechawa Kentucky
Feb 6th — Campton Kentucky
Feb 7th
—
Slade Kentucky
Feb 8th — Stanton Kentucky
Feb 9th — Winchester Kentucky
Feb 10th —
Winchester Kentucky
Feb 11th — Lexington Kentucky
Feb 12th — Versailles Kentucky
Feb 13th — Frankfort Kentucky
Feb 14th we will join with members of Kentuckians for the
Commonwealth for the I Love Mountains Day event.
How can help us?
Organize a overnight
Organize a pot luck dinner
Organize an event in any
of these locations
where we can meet with the community
