Protect Appalachia from Destructive Mountaintop Removal

Every day the wildlands of Appalachia are under attack as millions of pounds of explosives are detonated in the mountains, sending toxic dust into the air.

Then the mining waste is then dumped directly into streams, poisoning water and destroying wildlife habitats and human communities.

Right now Congress has the opportunity to place a moratorium on this dangerous practice -- and we need your help to make that happen.

People living in areas of mountaintop removal mining face significantly elevated rates of cancer, birth defects and other major health problems like kidney, heart and respiratory diseases. And what's bad for people is also bad for wildlife. Mountaintop removal threatens endangered species found nowhere else in the world.

A new bill in Congress would protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal and ensure that human health and endangered species aren't sacrificed for the coal industry's profit.

Please, ask your representatives to support the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act and place a moratorium on mountaintop removal permits.
Dear [Representative],

Please become a sponsor of the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act (House Resolution 526).

[Your comment will be added here]

More than 20 peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that mountaintop removal coal mining is correlated with significantly elevated rates of disease in human communities living near mines. Health problems include cancer, birth defects and kidney, heart and respiratory diseases. The Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act would place a moratorium on new mountaintop removal permits and on the expansion of existing permits until a federal investigation of the health effects of this dangerous form of coal mining can be completed.

This Act directs the Department of Health and Human Services to launch a study of the health disparities in communities living near mountaintop removal sites. It also requires air and water monitoring at existing mine sites.

The best available scientific evidence indicates that mountaintop removal coal mining is threatening human health and wildlife in Appalachia. I urge you to sign on as a co-sponsor of this bill and support its passage through Congress.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
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