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Righteous activism: End mountaintop removal coal mining in 2010…
From Utne.com: Calling Out Big Coal at the EPA
Of all the issues we covered in Disappearing Destinations, mountaintop mining is probably the least glamorous. For whatever reason, it hasn’t crystallized in the minds of American progressives in the same way as global warming, endangered species and other environmental threats.
This probably has something to do with the fact that it occurs primarily in regions like Appalachia that lie outside the coastal media markets and have relatively little political clout. (Imagine the uproar if mining outfits started decapitating peaks in California.)
It’s an incredibly destructive practice, and it continues to threaten some of our most fragile landscapes. You can learn about mountaintop mining and the Rainforest Action Network’s campaign to end it, here.
— KL
Source: utnereader
