Hey yall in internet land,
Get out from behind your laptops and desktops for one minute and pick up the phone to call Governor Manchin in West Virginia at 1-888-438-2731. It is urgent that we collectively raise our voices and tell him:
1)Do not grant any permits to blast Coal River Mountain. There is a mountain of data and evidence that supports the use of wind turbine electricity generation on these ridges. Any blasting away for coal using explosives would ruin any opportunity for this potential alternative.
2) Ask the governor to allocate funds (from his gynormous budget) to build a new elementary school in Sundial, West Virginia. Currently, 1.6 billion gallons of toxic coal slurry sits precariously above Marsh Fork Elementary school. Check out Pennies of Promise for more information.
These injustices go on all the time in our backyards and in others backyards. Do not sacrifice one for the other. ”Not in my backyard” or NIMBY, is rampant these days, where a community is pissed if the injustice is happening in their backyard, but if it (ex. a coal plant, a landfill, a prison) is displaced somewhere else, then they are more ok with it. Outta sight outta mind. But as Martin Luther King Jr. said from the Birmingham Jail in 1963, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.
Call Governor Manchin today! 1-888-438-2731
