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Rainforest Action Network: End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action, October 30, 2009
Obama's EPA has made some good first steps, but they need to continue getting our loud and clear message- End Mountaintop Removal! They ultimately have the power to veto the permits that allow mountaintop removal to exist. JPMorgan Chase is now the largest funder of mountaintop removal coal ...
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End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action, October 30, 2009
End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action, October 30, 2009
understory.ran.org — Join Mountain Justice, Energy Justice Network and Rainforest Action Network as We Mobilize to End Mountaintop Removal.... SIGN UP: http://ran.org/endmtrdoa WHAT: Actions at the EPA and across the country calling for an end to mountaintop removal ... (more) End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action, October 30, 2009
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Battle at Coal River Mountain explodes
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... Coal River Mountain Watch advocates on the frontlines; support the coalfield organizations in the Alliance for Appalachia; put your body on the line with direct action organizations like Climate Ground Zero, Mountain Justice and Rainforest Action Network; contact national environmental organizations like the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign and Natural Resources Defense Council. RAN, in fact, has called for a national “End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action” for next Friday, October 30. And take ...

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Coal River Mountain:”Thus Far and No Further”
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... From inside and outside the coalfields I’m hearing people step up to defend Coal River Mountain. Oct. 30 is a National Day of Action to End MTR, let’s make it a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. Let’s make the next long while a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. ...

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It's Getting Hot In Here — ... Tomorrow is a national day of action to end mountaintop removal, with 25 actions planned around the country. In Philadelphia, environmentalists will rally outside the EPA offices on 17th St & JFK Blvd. The protest runs from 11am-1pm and demands that the EPA cease approving permits for mountaintop removal sites. ...

DC Mountaintop Removal Protest Heats Up
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org — ... Hundreds participated today with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups in nationwide protests demanding an end to mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. As part of the national day of, 14 people staged a sit-in at the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC. They were joined by approximately 50 coalfield residents and allies who held a rally in front of the building. ...

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