June 18 |
OVEC Action
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Activists
Scaled 20-Storey-Tall Dragline To Call Attention to Nation’s Worst
Form of Coal Mining
14 people went onto a mountaintop removal operation in Boone County
this morning. They unfurled big banners with messages about ending
mountaintop removal coal mining. Four people climbed the boom of a
dragline with one of the banners. Click
here
for updates and more information.
Here's an article on this action from writer Jeff Biggers.
Today: You
Don't Have to Scale a Dragline to Take Action: We Need an Ethical
Director for the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and
Enforcement
If someone broke into your home, you would expect the
law to be enforced against them, right? Unfortunately, across the
US, homes and communities are being devastated by outlaw mining
companies –
and the agencies in charge of policing them have been asleep on the
job. It's the job of the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and
Enforcement to enforce the laws governing mountaintop removal and
other destructive forms of mining.
Rumor has it that Secretary Salazar is looking to appoint another director of the OSMRE with history of bowing to coal companies at the expense of communities across Pennsylvania.
If we act now, we can prevent this terrible nomination – Use this letter-writing tool to tell Secretary Salazar (CC: President Obama) that you are concerned about mountaintop removal and you demand an ethical new OSMRE Director who will enforce the law.
June 23:
Actress Darryl Hannah to Join Us at Marsh Fork School and Goals Coal
In our last Action Alert, we asked you to join us in the Coal River
Valley on June 23. We now have confirmation that actress Darryl
Hanna is scheduled to attend this event.
Here's the info again: June 23:
Hansen, Heckler, Fox and Co. on Coal River Valley
Join us, residents of
Dr. James Hansen, a leading climate scientists and environmental hero, will join us in attempting to deliver the letter! Expect to see former OVEC board member and Raging Granny Winnie Fox as well as 94-year-old former U.S. Representative Ken Hechler as they move to deliver the letter. A couple of celebrities may show up, too, though plans are still in the works.
WHEN: Tuesday June 23 -- Musicians fire us up at 11 a.m. Speakers begin at noon.
WHERE: Marsh Fork Elementary, 8801 Coal River Rd., Naoma, WV 25140. *Directions below.
Remember, Marsh Fork Elementary School is next to a coal silo and coal prep plant, both of which threaten children with chemicals and coal dust. The school is just 400 yards downslope from a 2.8 billion gallon coal sludge dam and impoundment. If the impoundment were breached, there would be less than three minutes to evacuate the school. Up above all that is Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal mine, with the associated blasting and dust.
Come out as we let America know: Blowing the tops off of mountain ranges to harvest dirty coal harms the people and places of Appalachia, destroys the economic potential of the Appalachian Mountains for clean energy opportunities and furthers the burning of air-fouling, climate-altering coal.
We need you and as many friends as you can muster to come out on June 23rd to help build the wave of activism needed to stop mountaintop removal. This is the year we must stop the most ecologically and culturally destructive form of strip mining on earth.
* Directions to Marsh Fork Elementary School:
From points south of Danville, WV (Mingo, Logan, and Boone Counties WV, eastern KY):
From 119 N, just past Danville, WV, turn
right on Route 3 East. Follow this road for a long time. You’ll go
through Racine, Comfort, Seth and other towns before coming to
Whitesville. Continue through Whitesville on Route 3 East through
Pettus, Eunice, Birchton and Stickney. Shortly past Stickney, you’ll
see Marsh Fork Elementary on your right. The event will be on the
football field.
From points west or north of Charleston, WV: Take I-64 East/I-77 South through Charleston toward Beckley. Shortly past Charleston, take exit 89 and turn right on Route 94 South. This will take you about 10 miles to Racine. Carefully turn left at this dangerous intersection onto Route 3 East. You’ll go through Racine, Comfort, Seth, and other towns before coming to Whitesville. Continue through Whitesville on Route 3 East through Pettus, Eunice, Birchton, and Stickney. Shortly past Stickney, you’ll see Marsh Fork Elementary on your right. The event will be on the football field. Marsh Fork Elementary is about an hour and 15 minutes from Charleston.
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