Saturday, September 30
Whitesville, West Virginia
Organizer/Sponsor:
Coal River Mountain Watch
www.crmw.net
Vernon Haltom
304-854-2182
Event
- 11:30 — Bus arrive in Charleston, WV
- 12:00 — Press conference
- 12:30 — Begin flyovers
- 12:30 — Bus departs for Whitesville/Sundial
- 2:00 — Bus arrives Whitesville/Sundial near Marsh Fork Elementary school and hear from community members, see school and adjacent coal plant
- 5:00 — Bus depart for DC
Main issues/sites
- Raising awareness, educating community on the coal operations behind Marsh Fork Elementary School
- Supporting Pennies of Promise in getting a new school built for the children at Marsh Fork Elementary
- Sludge safety project
- Road show project to educate people through out the state and country about mountain top removal mining and its devastating effects on community, people, environment, and culture
- Bringing an end to mountain top removal coal mining
- Promoting renewable energy
- Promoting economic sustainability in coal field communities
- Lawsuits challenging the change made to the original clean water act that allowed mountain top removal to escalate
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