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APPALACHIAN TREASURES SHOW COMES TO UIUC! |
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by Appalachian Voices - Christina Wulf
Email: apptreasures (nospam) appvoices.org (verified)
Phone: 877-277-8642 (toll-free) |
12 Apr 2005
Modified: 01:04:55 PM |
Appalachian Treasures is a multimedia presentation featuring first-hand accounts from the struggle to Save The Heart of Appalachia from Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.
When: Thursday, April 14th, 2005
Time: 7pm
Where: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, English Building - Rm 160
608 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801
(Located on the west side of the Quadrangle)
For more information, please contact Tom Abrams, SEC Energy Committee Chair at 847-814-6947, or contact Christina at Appalachian Voices (toll-free) 877-277-8642 or apptreasures (at) appvoices.org.
Read on to learn why this issue is of concern to citizens of Illinois! |
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Join Danny Dolinger, Appalachian Treasures Field Organizer, for a discussion of the social and environmental impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (MTR), and why help from the people of Urbana-Champaign is so important in stopping it.
Dubbed "strip mining on steroids" by coalfield residents, Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining involves clear cutting native hardwood trees, blasting away up to 1000 feet of mountaintop, then dumping the debris into nearby valleys. It has already turned 400,000 acres of forested mountains into barren moonscape and buried 1,200 miles of streams in West Virginia alone. Mountaintop removal also occurs in Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Learn about about daily life in the shadow of MTR mines, where residents are forced to contend with appalling conditions: destruction of water supplies, daily dynamite blasting that damages homes & wells, choking dust, and the fear of fatal, catastrophic floods with every rainfall. Meet the people, your neighbors, who are fighting to protect their homes, their families, and the mountains themselves from the irreversible destruction caused by MTR.
Then learn about how you can play a critical role in stopping the form of mining and its devastating impacts. Urbana's Congressional Representative, Tim Johnson, sits on a key subcommittee in Congress that will hear the bill to protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal (called the Clean Water Protection Act). With input from his constituents in the 15th district, his support could be the key to save our mountains.
This special event features photos of Appalachia and of MTR mining sites, voice recordings from coalfield residents, and traditional Appalachian music.
Special Thanks to the groups sponsoring this event: Students for Environmental Concerns - UIUC, & Prarie Group of the Sierra Club
~ Appalachian Treasures is a project of Appalachian Voices ~ www.appvoices.org
Note: The image accompanying this announcement shows an MTR mine in West Virginia. The crane-like machine in the picture is called a "dragline" - it stands 22 stories tall, has a base the size of a high-school gymnasium & a shovel the size of 4-car garage. Photo by SouthWings, Inc. - www.southwings.org |
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http://Photo by SouthWings - www.southwings.org
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