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More than 500 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining. Watch this video of mountaintop removal featuring Woody Harrelson and a soundtrack featuring an original recording of "Blowin' in the Wind," sung by Willie Nelson. This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.org.

Benji Burrell from iLoveMountains.org explains how he leveraged contributions from Woody Harrelson, Leonardo di Caprio, Woody Nelson and Ed Norton to push forward his advocacy campaign against mountaintop removal coal mining.

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Huckleberry Ridge, KY Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - "We are going to be the endangered species." - Daymon Morgan, resident of Huckleberry Ridge, KY Daymon Morgan's woods are teeming with bloodroot, as well as golden seal, ginseng and wild ginger. Not too long ago, these native plants grew wild and plentiful not just in Morgan's woods but in the neighboring mountaintops adjoining ...

, you can help make the case that now is the time for Congress to begin taking action to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. Many thanks to: www.iLoveMountains.org The Alliance for Appalachia - www.AllianceforAppalachia.org The Topless America Project - www.toplessamerica.org Chad Stevens - www.MediaStorm.org Music by: Larry and Gary Keel - www.LarryKeel.com The Wise County Singers - - - www.iLoveMountains.org ... mountaintop removal coal mining clean energy week in washington ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Gauley Mountain, WV Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - Until the mid-twentieth century, Ansted, West Virginia was a bustling coal camp. In 1950, the coal company that operated the local mine pulled out, leaving the community with a sense of economic depression. In the years that followed, residents banded together and reinspired a pride in their mountain region, eventually rebounding the ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Coal River Mountain, WV Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - "We don't live where they mine coal. They mine coal where we live.... Our concern today is our homes, our environment, and the sustainability of the environment." Lorelei Scarbro's house in the little community of Rock Creek, West Virginia is the same house her husband built with his own two hands when they were married, on land ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Ison Rock Ridge, VA Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - Just like the region that bears its name, the town of Appalachia, Virginia, is being threatened by new permits for mountaintop removal mining. Appalachia and nearby Andover are small communities in southwest Virginia. At one time these towns were nestled in the low-lying mountains of the region, but in the last decade or so ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Blair Mountain, WV Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - "[Mountaintop removal coal mining would] wipe out a large part of the southern end of the battlefield that was occupied by the union miners." Blair Mountain, West Virginia is the site of a 1921 battle in the West Virginia Mine Wars,, the historic push of unionized coal miners from the north to organize the workers of the southern coalfields ...

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America's Most Endangered Mountains - Benham and Lynch KY on Black Mountain Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - Benham and Lynch are nestled in Harlan County at the foot of Black Maintain, Kentucky's highest peak. Established as "coal camps" in 1911 and 1917 respectively, they were towns built to support the coal mining operations of two corporations: the Wisconsin Steel division of International Harvester and the US Coal and ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Wise County, VA Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - Wise County, Virginia was officially formed in 1856 from parts of Virginia's Lee, Russell, and Scott counties. Nestled on the Kentucky border, its one of the most beautiful counties in the Appalachian coalfields, but unfortunately is also one of hardest hit by surface coal mining. In fact, between 1950 and the present, 25% of Wise County's ...

This is a 2-minute abbreviated version of a mountaintop removal video featured on ilovemountains.org. The video features Woody Harrelson and shows how the mountains and culture of Appalachia are being destroyed by a new form of coal mining called mountaintop removal

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Walden's Ridge, TN Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - When Wanda Hodge talks of Walden's Ridge, the pride in her voice is unmistakable. She tells of its long and rich history - first home to the Cherokee who hunted and lived in the area and then home to early pioneers who held community gatherings at the nearby Standing Stones. Walden's Ridge continues to be a gathering space today: bikers ...

ballad back in 1998, and it appears on both his 3rd CD "Turning Pages" as well as the acclaimed compilation CD "Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining". It has become one of the band's signature tunes. Filmed live for the Frederick MD Comcast network's "Backstage Pass" TV show. More on the fight to stop the desecration of Appalachia's mountains at www.ilovemountains.org ... folk coal appalachia ballad mountaintop mining banjo ilovemountains.org ...

to ALL those in the Appalachian region with the bravery to stand up against Mountain Top Removal and the Fascist Coal Industy's tyranny. Keep fighting. WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE!!! For more information on MTR be sure to check out: www.ilovemountains.org http www.mountainjusticesummer.org http www.crmw.net http www.burningthefuture.com http www.wvhighlands.org http www.socm.org http www.christiansforthemountains.org http So many people, so many states, ONE conclusion.... MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL ...

America's Most Endangered Mountains - Wilson Creek, KY Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org - - - COMMUNITY STORY - - - "I always enjoy seeing folks make that transition from being just victims to being folks that are able to help other folks, and leaders in the community. It's the root of our democracy at work when it happens." - Beverly May, resident of Wilson Creek, KY Beverly May's family has lived on Wilson Creek in Floyd County, Kentucky, for ...

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Introductory video for the National Memorial for the Mountains, an online memorial in Google Earth that tells the story of 450 mountains destroyed by mountaintop removal. This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.org.

activists from the Student Environmental Action Coalition. This action was part of a national series of demonstrations at Environmental Protection Agency/Department of Energy facilities across the country. www.ToplessAmerica.org www.Ilovemountains.org www.seac.org ... "Topless America" "mountaintop removal" "coal mining" "clean coal" "jw randolph" epa "epa headquarters" appalachia "appalachian voices" "washington dc" "parson brown" obama "president obama" "west virginia" kentucky virginia ...

her speach by blairing their horns. You will hear in the video. They did it several times during others' speeches, however, Judy doesnt let them get away with it. Gotta love her! For more information on MTR be sure to check out: www.ilovemountains.org http www.mountainjusticesummer.org http www.crmw.net http www.burningthefuture.com http www.wvhighlands.org http www.socm.org http www.christiansforthemountains.org http So many people, so many states, ONE conclusion.... MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL ...

Mississipi is a long way from the Central Appalachian mountains that are being destroyed for coal - but the IS a connection. Check out this video from iLoveMountains.org that shows the connection between mountaintop removal and Mississippi

Uhle Adkins is a survivor of the Buffalo Creek flood. Interview by Kent Kessinger. Hosted by www.ilovemountains.org and www.appvoices.org

Betty Tackett is a survivor of the Buffalo Creek flood. Interview by Kent Kessinger. Hosted by www.ilovemountains.org and www.appvoices.org

A slideshow of mountain pictures to show how mountains in KY and WV looked before and after mountaintop removal. Songs from "Songs for the Mountaintop." www.ilovemountains.org http

Cook Mountain, WV. Second video of flight of ancestrial cemetery cut off by MTR. Special Thank You to SouthWings. For more information on MTR be sure to check out: www.ilovemountains.org http www.mountainjusticesummer.org http www.crmw.net http www.burningthefuture.com http www.wvhighlands.org http www.socm.org http www.christiansforthemountains.org http So many people, so many states, ONE conclusion.... MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL MUST STOP! ... Cook Mountain Fly-over Mtn MTR Top Removal Coal ...