Sentences with phrase «end mountaintop removal coal mining»
A coal miner's daughter, Julia «Judy» Bonds fought to end mountaintop removal coal mining that contaminates drinking water, destroys rivers and forests, increases asthma rates, and forces families to abandon their homes.
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Judy Bonds (d. 2011) was awarded the Prize in 2003 for her work to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
Join us in telling the EPA and President Obama that all Americans deserve clean water, and it's time to end mountaintop removal coal mining.
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Yet when such people are elected to the executive branch and must make real world decisions, they end up approving expanded off - shore drilling and allowing continued mountaintop removal, long - wall coal mining, hydro - fracking, etc. — maybe even a tar sands pipeline.
The protestors demanded that Clinch River and other outdated coal plants be shut down, and that mountaintop removal coal mining be ended.
A group of coalfield citizens traveled to Washington, D.C., during the March on Blair Mountain to renew their call for the end of mountaintop removal mining, a devastating coal mining practice that is destroying their communities, contaminating their drinking water supplies, and threatening the health and lives of many Appalachians.
Amber Whittington, who lives in the heart of Appalachia's coal country, is one of many who are working to end mountaintop removal mining.
As hundreds of conservationists, coal miners and activists start a five day journey through the mountains of West Virginia to call for an end to the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, a similar battle to ensure a just and sustainable future is being waged at the new round of UN climate talks being held in Bonn, Germany.
The rally then moved over to the front of the White House for chanting, and then on to deliver petition signatures calling for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining.
In addition, activists stepped up pressure to end the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
It's unclear how many rural anti-wind activists are OK with coal mining mountaintop removal but they should realize it's all part of the pillaging continuum, regardless of whether it pays their bills (where wisdom ends and greed prevails).