Media Advisory

April 19, 2009

Contact: Janet Keating 304-360-4201; Vivian Stockman 304-360-1979

What:         The Faces and Places of Mountaintop Removal

When:         Tuesday, April 28

1:00 p.m.         Press conference hosted by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
with Maria Gunnoe, 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner and
Julia “Judy” Bonds,  2003 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner
www.goldmanprize.org/

2: 15 p.m.        Depart for ground tour of mountaintop removal site hosted by community members who are directly impacted by this devastating form of coal mining

5:00 p.m. Return from ground tour

6:30 p.m. Dinner with panelists:

• Chuck Nelson, retired coal miner and board member of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition 
• Bo Webb, volunteer with Coal River Mountain Watch
• Cindy Rank, mining chair of the West Virginia Highland Conservancy
• Patricia Feeney, OVEC organizer and coordinator of the Sludge Safety Project
• A representative from the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards in Virginia.

7:30 p.m. Screening of award-winning documentary Burning the Future

9:00 p.m. Reception

Where:       John XXIII Pastoral Center, Charleston, WV
100 Hodges Road, off Route 119 / Corridor G,
near Ashton Place /Kroger Shopping Center 

More info:           After April 20, we can reveal more details on the press conference. B-roll will be available.

For our planning purposes, please RSVP to vivian@ohvec.org  by April 22.  

More information on mountaintop removal: www.ohvec.org

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