[Sustain] Fwd: Tell the EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal

[Eric Brooks]

Rainforest Action Network wrote:

It's amazing what 2,340 lobbyists and more than $90 million can do in 
Washington, D.C.

That's how many people and how much money the dirty energy industry is 
spending to influence our leaders.

Today, I'm asking you to tell Lisa Jackson, the head of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stand up to industry pressure 
and support a permanent moratorium on mountaintop removal coal mining.

Earlier this week the Environmental Protection Agency announced that 
they'd be delaying and reviewing two permits for mountaintop removal 
mining operations and calling into question more that 100 pending 
permits that threaten mountains, waterways and communities across 
Appalachia.

That's a big deal for a region that has been devastated by mountaintop 
removal coal mining.

But one day after the big announcement, the EPA released a clarification 
saying that although the permits were under review, they expected that 
"the bulk of these pending permit applications will not raise 
environmental concerns."

Why?

Because Big Coal has some deep pockets. In less than 24 hours, the 
industry quickly mobilized a massive army of lobbyists and reactionary 
politicians to lobby against a mountaintop removal moratorium.

But we've got something Big Coal doesn't: our voices.

Go to http://ga3.org/campaign/epa?rk=LpdK58dajUIVE to tell Lisa Jackson 
to stand up to the coal lobby and protect Appalachia's mountains and 
communities.

We're not going to be able to outspend the coal industry in Washington.

But the movement against coal is stronger than ever and the EPA could 
choose to end mountaintop removal once and for all right now.

Lisa Jackson is going to hear from the coal companies. The only question 
is whether our voices will be loud and plentiful enough to convince her, 
and the rest of our leaders, that it is time to do the right thing.

Please contact Lisa Jackson and ask her to put a permanent moratorium on 
all mountaintop removal permits now. Go to 
http://ga3.org/campaign/epa?rk=LpdK58dajUIVE

Thanks for all you do.

For the mountains,

Scott Parkin
Senior Organizer, Coal Finance
Rainforest Action Network