Saving the Appalachian Mountains

Event info: Sunday 4 October 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

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If your house is on the electric grid, chances are at least some of your power comes from coal companies that use mountaintop removal in their mining practices. Mountaintop removal is destroying the landscape and threatening communities in Appalachia.

Activist and author Mike Roselle, co-founder of Earth First, Rainforest Action Network and Ruckus Society has spent decades fighting the coal industry over these issues. Mike will discuss the practice of Mountain Top Removal and the direct action approach that is happening in West Virginia. His new book, Tree Spiker, he will we available for purchase.

Thank you to our co-sponsors!

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Somerville Climate Action

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