Clean water for you?

Hello folks! Several of the groups which make up the Alliance For Appalachia, are in the District of Columbia this week keeping the Clean Water Protection Act, (CWPA) fresh on the minds of those in congress. The CWPA is a bill which would restore the original intent of the Clean Water Act (1972), will cost nothing to implement, will end the destruction of mountains and the valley fills which bury our streams and poison the water. All this and more a direct consequence of MTR. This bill would not cost jobs and would only stop that one form of coal mining, MTR. If your unfamiliar with some of these terms or MTR you can learn more by clicking the title of this blog entry, or go to ilovemountains.org, have fun educating yourself and seeing this domestic terrorism.

From Breaks Interstate Park

This state park sits on the line with Virginia and Kentucky and is 4000+ acres of awesome beauty. The terrain is of one I am not familiar with and was pretty rugged as you may be able to tell from the pictures.

That is the trail going between the rock.

The 'P' Is Back In The EPA, ...It Appears

The following qoute is from the ilovemountians site, dated Wednesday April 8th.

Appalachia, Virginia — In a victory for community members and for clean water, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the “nationwide 21” mining permit for A&G Coal’s massive Ison Rock Ridge mountaintop removal coal mine in Southwest Virginia. The news comes only weeks after a delegation of Appalachian coalfield residents met with the EPA in Washington, D.C. urging the Agency to take quick action to protect their communities from the ravages of mountaintop removal coal mining. The bold move is the latest clear signal that the Obama Administration is taking action on mountaintop removal coal mining and supports clean energy solutions and green jobs.

For more information about this and much more about Mountaintop Removal, MTR, simply click the ilovemountains link to the right.