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July 19, 2004
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Vivian Stockman on 7-19--304-927-3265; on 7-21, 22--304-360-1979; Gary Skulnik 202-413-8534
WHAT: Friends of the Mountains in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Highway to Hell: The Role of Mountaintop Removal in Economic Insecurity and Homeland Destruction
EVENTS—WHEN/WHERE:
July 21 in Reynolds Hall on Shepherd University Campus:
6 p.m. Multi-media Presentation on Mountaintop Removal /Valley Fill Coal Mining with 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner and Coal River Mountain Watch Organizer Judy Bonds.
7:30 p.m. Moving Mountains CD Release Party and Fundraiser for Friends of the Mountains.
Featuring singer/song-writers:
Andrew McKnight
Keith & Joan Pitzer
Cheryl Ann Hawk
The Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining CD is a compilation of music from folk and bluegrass artists who are appalled by mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining. Proceeds from the sale of the CD go to groups working to end this coal mining practice. See: www.fallingmountain.com/mtr.html.
July 22 Shepherdstown Middle School:
Rally with coalfield-resident speakers, musicians Ryan Harvey and Andrew McKnight.
WHY: On July 22, across the highway from our rally, Governor Bob Wise’s Energy Task Force will be presenting its latest Energy Roadmap Workshop Series titled “The role of coal in economic and homeland security.” www.wvenergyroadmapworkshops.org/2004/index.cfm.
Coalfield residents and concerned citizens will gather to make certain Americans know that an energy roadmap which includes mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining is no high road to the future, but is instead a highway to hell. There is no economic security in destroying ecosystem services which support our lives and culture. There is no homeland security when thousands of tons of explosives are unleashed upon the Appalachian Mountains each day. There is no homeland security when your home is destroyed by floods raging off denuded mountains, when your community is driven away by blasting.
WHO: Shepherd Progressive Action Committee, Coal River Mountain Watch, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Project of Central Appalachia, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and other members of the Friends of the Mountains Coalition; Chesapeake Climate Action Network. For more information: www.shepherd.edu/greenweb/july22.htm
www.sierraclub.org/environmental_justice/appalachia/index.asp
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