Mountaintop Removal: A Coal Crime Against Creation
Mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining (MTR) has been called strip mining on steroids. One author says the process should be more accurately named: mountain range removal. Mountaintop removal /valley fill mining annihilates ecosystems, transforming some of the most biologically diverse temperate forests in the world into biologically barren moonscapes.
Get the facts and scriptural justification from Christians for the Mountains.
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Thanks for shedding light on this silent tragedy.
Please contact me at outreach@appvoices.org to help in getting support for HB 2169, the Clean Water Protection Act, which would help curtail mountaintop removal coal mining, from your own city or in DC.
We also looking to raise the issue during this election season.
We travel the country doing free speaking tours about this issue. Host us in your community.
Learn more at AppalachianVoices.org and iLoveMountains.org.
Posted by: SandraLoveMountains | February 27, 2008 05:00 PM