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Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Sierra Club

Mountaintop removal is exactly what it sounds like: Mining companies clearcut native forests and blow off mountaintops with explosives to uncover thin seams of coal, then dump millions of tons of the waste rock into the valleys below, permanently burying streams.

This devastating practice, the nation’s most destructive form of coal mining, poisons drinking water, lays waste to wildlife habitat, increases risk of flooding and wipes out entire communities.

Please urge your member of Congress to co-sponsor the Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 2169), which would protect Appalachia’s streams by restoring the prohibition on using waste to fill streams and wetlands.

“Experts predict that by the end of this century, land and water resources will become scarce and climate change will irreversibly alter our planet. Make a difference that lasts by joining The Nature Conservancy”

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Green Tweeters: A look at the sustainability discussions on Twitter

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A groundbreaking new study from The Nature Conservancy reveals that 95 percent of New Mexico has experienced significant temperature increases over the last three decades due to climate change. Both plants and animals are threatened.

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Don’t watch this video. It will make you hate Wal Mart.

It’s a bonus scene from “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price”, a Robert Greenwald Film