Appalachia Rising: end mountaintop removal mining!

22.9.10

Appalachia Ris­ing is a mass mobi­liza­tion in Wash­ing­ton, DC, Sep­tem­ber 25–27, 2010, call­ing for an end to the dev­as­tat­ing prac­tice of moun­tain­top removal min­ing.

22.9.10

Appalachia Ris­ing is a mass mobi­liza­tion in Wash­ing­ton, DC, Sep­tem­ber 25–27, 2010, call­ing for an end to the dev­as­tat­ing prac­tice of moun­tain­top removal min­ing.

Moun­tain­top removal has already destroyed over 500 of the world’s old­est moun­tains and more than 2,000 miles of streams, and has con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed our nation’s waters. Togeth­er, we will bring Appalachia’s cry to our nation’s cap­i­tal: We must end moun­tain­top removal and trans­form the economies of Appalachia away from destruc­tive min­ing prac­tices and toward clean-ener­gy jobs and a sus­tain­able and healthy future.

The week­end includes two full days of strate­giz­ing work­shops, learn­ing, fea­tured speak­er pan­els and dis­cus­sions, cul­tur­al events, and enter­tain­ment. On Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 27, we will march, ral­ly, and sup­port indi­vid­u­als tak­ing part in dig­ni­fied non-vio­lent civ­il dis­obe­di­ence against moun­tain­top removal min­ing.

Join thou­sands of Appalachi­an and nation­al lead­ers, pol­i­cy­mak­ers, coal­field res­i­dents and min­ers, con­cerned cit­i­zens, activists, moun­tain groups, envi­ron­men­tal jus­tice orga­ni­za­tions, and Amer­i­cans from coast to coast for this momen­tous move­ment-build­ing sum­mit, gath­er­ing, and call to action. Hear the voic­es of those most impact­ed by moun­tain­top removal coal min­ing, and let your voice be heard in this move­ment to offer Amer­i­ca hope for a bet­ter future.