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| Strip mining photo courtesy Ohio
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Maybe you make your home and earn your living in Appalachia. Maybe
you were raised there and have since moved away, but still hold a
place in your heart for these beloved mountains. Or perhaps you've
only read about it, but still have a sense that this is a special
place.
These mountains are threatened by logging, mountaintop removal and
other kinds of coal mining, and mercury emissions from coal-fired
power plants.
Learn more about the issues facing Appalachia and then help us work
to protect it. You can make a difference.
What you can do:
Take action to help protect
Appalachia's environment, communities, and heritage.
Learn More About Mountain Top Removal: The
Bush administration wants to weaken the rules about dumping mining
waste in streams. Click here. Or download
this informative fact sheet.
Julia
Bonds: Read the Sierra magazine article about how a coal
miner's daughter and others stood up to King Coal.
Blair Mountain: Find out why the Sierra
Club and others would like to see it added to the National Register
of Historic Places.
Granny D: Read the speech this
93-year-old activist delivered when she visited West Virginia in
November 2003.
Related Sierra Club Links:
Environmental
Justice Program in Appalachia
Southern Appalachia Highlands
Ecosystem Program
Great Smoky Mountains
Campaign
Sierra Club Entities in Appalachia
Alabama Chapter
Georgia Chapter
Kentucky Chapter
Maryland Chapter
North Carolina Chapter
Pennsylvania Chapter
South Carolina Chapter
Tennessee Chapter
Virginia Chapter
West Virginia
Other Organizations
Ohio Valley Environmental
Coalition
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