NEW YORK LOVES
MOUNTAINS
LINKS
Below are links to organizations, activists and artists that we love.
the alliance for appalachia
Appalachian Center at Berea
College
Burning the Future
Catskill mountain keepers
coal river mountain watch
Coal river wind project
fresh eggs here
Keeper of the mountains foundation
kentuckians for the commonwealth
Mountain justice spring break
ohio valley environmental coalition
Pennies of promise
Photojournalist Antrim Caskey
southern appalachian mountains stewards
http://www.sustainablelivingroadshow.org/
topless america
http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/
Voices of Appalachia Portrait Series
Print VersionNow Showing on PBS
QUICK FACTS
500 Mountains Destroyed
Over 2,000 Miles of Stream Buried
$15 million of New York pension money invested in Alpha Natural Resources (was Massey Energy)
100,000 - 150,000 Tons of Mountaintop Removal Coal Imported to NY a Year
Percentage of NY electricity powered by MTR coal: less than .4%
Percentage of NY electricity from wind: .8%
Percentage of NY electricity that could come from wind: 13.1%
(Energy Figures by Rory Mcllmoil)
