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1. Call (202) 456-1414

Here is a sample script:

 

I am calling to urge President Obama to stop making excuses and use his authority to end Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining today.

While

I appreciate the EPA's actions in mitigating the worst consequences of

this practice, prominent scientists have just released a peer-reviewed

study showing that mountaintop removal's negative impacts on human

health, economy and environment are irreversible.

President Obama needs to keep his word to "restore science to its rightful place."

This recent study shows that the only way to stop the harmful impacts of this practice is to end mountaintop removal entirely.

 

 

 

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No More Excuses! It's Time to End Mountaintop Removal.

 

A dozen prominent scientists just published a blockbuster study in the journal Science

that confirms what coalfield residents have been saying for years:

mountaintop removal's impacts are "pervasive and irreversible,"

"attempts to regulate [mountaintop removal] practices are inadequate,"

and that "regulators should no longer ignore rigorous science."

This comes just days after the EPA approved the expansion of the largest mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia, a decision that clearly contradicts President Obama's promises to give a science a more prominent role in his Administration.

"It's about listening to what our scientists have to

say, even when it's inconvenient—especially when it's inconvenient,"

President Obama said in a recent interview. But, according to top

scientists, the inconvient truth is that there is NO scientific

justification to continue mountaintop removal coal mining.

Appalachian communities need your help to send a powerful message to the President!

Be sure to call the White House and then report back.

 

Backround info

Mountaintop Mining Consequences - study in the journal Science

Study release press conference - audio

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