NEW YORK LOVES
MOUNTAINS
IF THEY CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, WE CAN MOVE HEARTS
This June: Lobby Week to End Mountaintop Removal
Help us pass an amendment to the Clean Water Act!
The coal industry is determined not only to blast apart Appalachia, but to demolish our nation's clean water regulations. Now is the time to raise our voices.
In June, 150 citizen activists from dozens of states will descend on both houses of Congress to lobby for passage of both the "Clean Water Protection Act," and the "Appalachian Restoration Act."
This is a crucial step in the struggle to abolish mountaintop removal because it would reduce the number, and size, of deadly valley fills.
You can support our lobby efforts from your home town.
Thank you for your support!
Appalachia Restoration Act:
http://ilovemountains.org/write-your-senators/
Clean Water Protection Act:
http://ilovemountains.org/write-your-rep/
For information on Lobby Week in Washington:
Hot Spot: Ison Rock Ridge
The communities of southwest Virginia are in a tooth-and-nail fight to save Ison Rock Ridge. Read our interview with Jane Branham, one of the area's leaders, here.
New York Loves Mountains opposes the destruction of mountains for electricity and supports the shift to conservation and renewable energy sources. We are devoted to helping break New York's connection to mountaintop removal coal mining and encouraging New Yorkers to push for a clean energy future in the Empire State.
We connect the environments of urban New York with rural Appalachia for a cross-pollination that enriches both places and brings home the reality that the bright lights and fast pace of New York City currently depend on a sacrifice that no community should be asked to make. Please join us in showing that New York loves mountains and refuses to profit from their destruction.
Take Action
Sign the petition asking State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to divest the New York State Common Retirement Fund from a company mired in a history of flagrant safety and environmental offenses. Tell them we don't want or need Massey's dirty money. To find out more about this campaign, click our "Divestment" tab.
Glory to the Mountains Chapbook
The Glory to the Mountains chapbook features essays from five New York artist-activists including Reverend Billy and 2/3 Goat's Annalyse McCoy on their work to support the movement to end mountaintop removal. Proceeds from your purchase of an $8 copy will go to support artists creating work on the subject of MTR.
Print Version
Now Showing on PBS!
QUICK FACTS
500 Mountains Destroyed
Over 2,000 Miles of Stream Buried
$15 million of New York pension money invested in Massey Energy
242,500 Tons of Mountaintop Removal Coal Imported to NY a Year
Percentage of NY electricity powered by MTR coal: .4%
Percentage of NY electricity from wind: .8%
Percentage of NY electricity that could come from wind: 13.1%
(Energy Figures by Rory Mcllmoil)