Massey Energy: Blasting Away Our Clean Energy Future

The residents of Coal River Valley in Pettus, West Virginia are in danger of losing their homes, schools and jobs. Last week, Massey Energy started blasting Coal River Mountain in preparation for a mountain-top removal coal mining operation. This is an example of just how dirty energy is not only endangering our future but the health and well-being of our lives now. The thousands of people of Coal River Valley will have a mere five minutes to save their lives if dynamiting Coal River Mountain destabilizes the nearby 8 billion gallons of nearby coal slurry. This toxic sludge will destroy the lives of the people of Coal River Valley.

Coal River Mountain is also the site of a proposed 328 megawatt wind farm that will create 700 long-term green jobs and provide 85,000 households with clean electricity. It could be a model of a clean energy future or a toxic wasteland that continues to fuel dirty energy.

We can continue to threaten the communities with pollution, pipelines and toxic sludge or we can use this opportunity to create hope by investing in a clean energy future. We are at a crossroads.

Take Action Now. Ask the Obama Administration to save Coal River Mountain and our clean energy future.

Although sending this message to the administration may be a small action, we need to show decision-makers that we ALL know what is happening in the Appalachia and this destructive move by Massey Energy is not only felt by the people of West Virginia but all over the country.