Below:

• Sludge Safety Project Update

• March 17: Concert for the Mountains

• March 10-18: Mountain Justice Spring Break

• March 20: Climate Crisis Action Day in DC

• Tell Your Senators Coal-to-Liquid is Nuts

 Sludge Safety Project Update
Thursday the Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 15, which mandates that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) perform studies to determine exactly what is in coal slurry, whether it is getting into people’s well water when it is injected underground and what effects the slurry is having on human health.  

The House passed a similar resolution two weeks ago. Now the House must pass the Senate version of the bill before the legislative session ends at midnight Saturday (March 10).

If you lobbied, called, sent donations (hint) or just thought good thoughts in our general direction, thank you! For more info, click here.

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 March 17: Concert for the Mountains
On Saturday, March 17 at 7 p.m. in downtown Charleston, W.Va., please plan to attend the the Concert for Mountain Justice, a fun(d) raiser for Mountain Justice Spring Break, which is a youth-led, week-long program that supports the organizing and activism of people around southern West Virginia.

Join us from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at WVSU's Capitol Theatre at 123 Summers St, Charleston, WV. If you have a copy of Moving Mountains, then you've already heard the most-excellent music from several of the performers who will donate their time at this concert, including Elaine Purkey, Andrew McKnight, and Keith and Joan Pitzer. 

Help spread the word! Print this flier and post it at your workplace and in friendly businesses.

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 March 10-18: Mountain Justice Spring Break
Earlier on March 17, come out for Mountain Justice Spring Break's I Love Mountains Day. Mountain Justice Spring Break will also include keynote speakers and panelists, an Appalshop film fest, a screening of Mountain Mourning and lots more.  Check the MJSB webpages for all the schedule details, which will be posted this afternoon.   

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 March 20: Climate Crisis Action Day in DC
Reminder--Hop on the bus to Washington, DC for Climate  Crisis Action Day. Click here for details.  

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 Tell Your Senators Coal-to-Liquid is Nuts
Well, maybe they ought not hear it such plain language, but please do call your Senators to let them know voting for coal-to-liquid is voting for more global warming gases and more mountaintop removal mining, so they should not support this Nazi tecnology, ever.

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has filed a liquid coal amendment that he may offer today to the bill to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.  

Inhofe's amendment includes hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies to launch a new liquid coal industry that would convert coal into transportation fuel. Converting coal into a liquid fuel coal produces double the carbon dioxide emissions of conventional gasoline.  

Please call your Senators today to tell them to vote down Inhofe's amendment. Also, please ask them to oppose all proposals to use our tax dollars to subsidize liquid coal.   

Contact your Senators via the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Or click here to find numbers directly to their offices.

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