In a 2007 campaign speech given in Lexington, Kentucky, president-elect Barack Obama said, "We have to find more environmentally sounds ways of mining coal, than simply blowing the tops off mountains."
The plight of the Appalachian Mountains versus big coal has historically been a regional affair. But national attention has recently been drawn to this issue thanks to in part to independent media coverage and special interest groups like iLoveMountains.org, which points out, "Mountaintop removal tears apart communities, poisons water supplies, pollutes the air and destroys our nation's natural heritage – while only making the climate crisis worse."
The plight of the Appalachian Mountains versus big coal has historically been a regional affair. But national attention has recently been drawn to this issue thanks to in part to independent media coverage and special interest groups like iLoveMountains.org, which points out, "Mountaintop removal tears apart communities, poisons water supplies, pollutes the air and destroys our nation's natural heritage – while only making the climate crisis worse."
iLovemountains.org suggests we hold Obama to his word by writing and asking that he put a moritorium on mountaintop removal within his first 100 days of office. You can join them in that effort by going here, and sending a message which iLoveMountains.org will post to Obama's Change.gov website.
