Let's Keep the Tops on Our Mountains !
Thanks for taking action.
Big Coal and their dirty tactics have taken a hit, but the EPA can do more to stop the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining. Can you help stop mountaintop removal mining by getting some friends involved?
Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.
Thanks for all you do.
--Pete Woiwode and the CREDO Action Team
If your on twitter, here's a message to retweet:
EPA made first good step, but must stop all mountaintop removal http://bit.ly/44FV5R @credomobile Please RT
Here's a sample message to send to your friends:
Subject: Tell the EPA: Make mountaintop removal illegal
Dear Friend,
Big Coal's preferred method of destroying the earth, mountaintop removal mining, involves blowing the top off of a mountain, extracting a small bit of dirty coal, and then dumping millions of tons of refuse into nearby streams and rivers, poisoning everything downstream.
For the past eight years, Bush's Environmental Protection Agency rubber stamped this process, leaving landscapes scarred, water contaminated, and communities in ruin.
On Friday, President Obama's EPA made a big first step towards ending this nightmare. It recommended that all 79 of the pending mountaintop removal mining permits be delayed and subject to further review.
This is a great first step, and the EPA deserves to be lauded for its action. But this is far from the end of the road. The EPA has the ability to reverse Bush-era rules and make this destructive practice illegal.
I just signed a petition to thank EPA Administrator Jackson for delaying the permits, and to ask her to finish the job and end all mountaintop removal mining. I hope you will, too. Please have a look and take action.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/coal_mtr_epa/?r_by=5965-1647563-NM121Dx&rc=confemail1