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Black Lung Widow's March begins March 15
New feature on website to help you spread the word
Valley Fills: Later tonight we will post to the website new info on actions you can take to oppose the Bush administration's attempts to legalize illegal valley fills at mountaintop removal sites. Please check the website tonight or tomorrow. (If you prefer to get the information via e-mail, respond to this Action Alert!)
For those of you who can't wait for the posting, take action now at by clicking here.
Campaign Finance Reform: Please call Senators Byrd at 202-224-3954 and Rockefeller 202-224-6472 (Or e-mail them, though the word is legislators ignore their e-mails, at: senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov senator@rockefeller.senate.gov )
Tell the Senators to support campaign finance reform (the Shays-Meehan bill that was just voted out of the House) without amendments and to vote against any filibuster attempts by anti-reformers.
Public pressure here can make a difference. Granny D didn't walk all the way from Pasadena to DC to see it all fizzle! Call all this week!
Black Lung Widow's March From Charleston to DC: Kickoff Rally 1 p.m., Friday March 15 Coal miners and their wives who become black lung victims and widows face all sorts of obstacles in getting the benefits due them. To raise awareness of their plight, black lung widow Linda Chapman will walk from Charleston to DC. Her walk kicks off with at 1 p.m., Friday March 15 outside the United Mine Workers Building, 1300 Kanawha Blvd., Charleston. Watch the OVEC website for more details.
New Website Feature: Wondering what you can do to help stop mountaintop removal? Informed and organized citizen opposition is one of the keys, and the more people who are aware of what is happening to our mountains, the better. Now you can help spread the word about upcoming Stop mountaintop removal events by printing out event flyers to share with your friends or to post on bulletin boards at local stores. To see a flyer for the April 1 Army Corps of Engineers protest, click here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "PDF format" to download the flyer for printing (you'll need the Acrobat reader, which is available free for downloading. There's a link to Acrobat on this page.)
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