Join Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Calling for a Stop to the Blasting of Coal River Mountain on Dec. 7!

by: Clem Guttata

Fri Dec 04, 2009 at 07:00:13 AM EST

Via email from Rainforest Action Network

It's only a few short days before we need you to stand with us to save Coal River Mountain. Please come and join hundreds of Coal River Valley residents and their allies, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the Waterkeeper Alliance.

Join us on Dec. 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) headquarters in Charleston, WV.

We need your help to save Coal River Mountain and protect the people of Coal River Valley, a critical step in ending mountaintop removal coal mining and putting the country on a path to a clean energy future.

Two weeks ago, four courageous activists from Climate Ground Zero locked themselves to a drilling rig on Coal River Mountain to stop the blasting. Now, hundreds of concerned citizens are set to rally at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Monday, December 7th to call for the end to the mountaintop removal coal mining on Coal River Mountain. The site of a proposed wind farm and approximately 200 feet from the largest coal sludge dam in the country, Coal River Mountain is becoming a line in the sand for residents, environmentalists and prominent figures, like Robert Kennedy, Jr., who are demanding an end to the destructive mining practice.

See you on Monday!

For the mountains,

Scott Parkin
Rainforest Action Network

When: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: WV Dept. of Environmental Protection Headquarters - 601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV
Contact: savecoalriver@gmail.com; http://www.savecoalrivermountain.org/
Directions: From I-77 North or South / I-64 East or West, exit Maccorkle Ave. West (Exit 95); Turn left on 57th St. (Approximately 1/3rd mile from exit). The DEP headquarters is on your right as soon as you turn onto 57th St.
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For more information:

- Rainforest Action Network

- Waterkeepers Alliance

- Save Coal River Mountain