Join us in less than two weeks, on Wednesday, November 16th in Washington, DC as we rally to keep a mountain in Virginia from being toppled, and communities from being destroyed by Big Coal.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is considering allowing a mountaintop removal permit for Ison Rock Ridge to go forward. As you can see from the images on the right, the mountain is surrounded by homes. Over 2,000 people live below Ison Rock.

That is why we are calling for people all over the region to join together at the front doors of the EPA headquarters in DC on Wednesday, November 16th at noon. We will join residents who live at the base of Ison Rock to let the EPA know that their decisions affect people’s lives and that they must not grant this permit!

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The hollers of the five surrounding communities are narrow, and the permit boundary comes within 300 feet of some families’ homes. If the EPA grants the permit these families will have to deal with constant dust coating their counter-tops and lungs, and machine noise interrupted by the occasional foundation-shaking explosion. For several years they would have to watch their mountaintop flattened and their headwater streams buried with toxic mining waste - then the coal company will leave, and they will be left with the mess, the health bills, and a community diminished by almost every measure.

Let’s make sure this never happens. Join us in DC on Wednesday November 16th!

Thank you for all that you do,

Mike McCoy

Wise Energy for Virginia