Inspiring America to End Mountaintop Removal
Mountaintop removal depends on financing from America's leading banks and approval from government regulators.
So far the Obama administration has not backed down from supporting mountaintop removal and without a significant change in the government's mountaintop removal policy, mining companies will continue to destroy mountain ranges and bury Appalachia's drinking water in toxic waste.
Today you can help by asking the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, to visit Appalachia and see the destruction caused by mountaintop removal for herself.
When you see with your owns eyes the way this horrific practice is ravaging the people, water and land of Appalachia it is impossible not to feel compelled to stop it.
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Elisabeth Kelly
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rosemary rannes Salem, NH @ 08:33PM PT Nov 03
Pledge fulfilled Nov 03, 2009!
Thanks Soodle for this critical action. Pledge action completed and posted on my twitter page > http://twitter.com/babar2 .
Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 02:18AM PT Oct 09
Pledge fulfilled Sep 09, 2009!
Full Petition Text:
EPA Administrator Jackson:
I'm writing to ask you to travel and tour Appalachia to see the destruction created by mountaintop removal coal mining.
To date, almost 500 mountains have been destroyed by the surface mining process known as mountaintop removal. Over 1200 miles of streams and rivers in the region have been buried by debris, and people across Appalachia suffer from the blasting, dirty groundwater and lakes of coal waste poisoning their communities.
Over recent years, influential individuals from Wal-Mart Executives to country music stars have viewed the devastation on the ground and in airplane flyovers. We're asking you and other officials from the Environmental Protection Agency to come to Appalachia and see it for yourself.
Regulation of mountaintop removal is not enough. It's time to end this, it begins with you seeing the destruction for yourself.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
Ann Cawley Saint Joseph, MO @ 07:02PM PT Sep 13
Thank you!
Thank you for signing the petition asking EPA Amdinistrator Lisa Jackson to visit Appalachia and see first-hand the destruction caused by mountaintop removal!
Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 01:56AM PT Sep 10
Pledge fulfilled Sep 09, 2009!
Thank you for making the pledge "Inspiring America to End Mountaintop Removal"
You have already participated in this advocacy campaign.
Alan Haggard San Diego, CA @ 08:41PM PT Sep 09
Pledge fulfilled Sep 09, 2009!
Also already participated, some time, some where. I don't recall when, but I'm glad I did, and encourage all of you to take action as well.
Joycey Berry Canton, NC @ 02:24PM PT Sep 09
Thank you for making the pledge "Inspiring America to End Mountaintop Removal"
You have already participated in this advocacy campaign.
Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 12:09PM PT Sep 09
Initiated this Pledge!