WVEC Action AlertNovember 25, 2008Call Gov. Manchin - No Blasting - Wind Power for Coal River Mountain Call Gov. Manchin: Stop Massey From Blasting Coal River Mountain What a way to say Happy Thanksgiving West Virginia! The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved Massey Energys revision of one of the mountaintop removal coal mining permits for Coal River Mountain. That means Massey Energy may begin blasting at any time - but only on a small potion of the mountain, so far. Governor Manchin can still stop Massey Energy from ruining Coal River Mountain's wind energy potential. Please make a call today to protect Coal River Mountain's wind energy potential. Tell him: Coal River Mountain can make wind energy - forever! The wind power project would generate clean electric power, quality permanent jobs, and major county tax revenue. Mountaintop Removal at Coal River Mountain would destroy all of the wonderful potential of the wind project. Governor Manchin, you need to put a halt to Mountaintop Removal at Coal River Mountain - today! [Feel free to put your message in your own words.] In September, your calls and e-mails helped stall the blasting. The Governor has yet to heed the thousands of calls and e-mails he received calling for a "stay of execution" for Coal River Mountain. If he doesn't act soon, then the clean wind and permanent, safe jobs potential of Coal River Mountain will be in jeopardy. Wind is the better economic option for Coal River Mountain, but that depends on the mountain being left intact. The DEP has repeatedly denied citizen requests for public hearings related to the proposed mining. Community members are again asking Governor Joe Manchin to halt the operation and act on his commitment to renewable energy and to the citizens of West Virginia. Extensive research has shown that Coal River Mountain has enough wind potential to provide electricity for between 100,000 and 150,000 homes, forever, while creating approximately 50 well-paying, permanent jobs in an area long dependent upon sparse, temporary coal mining jobs. The wind farm would also generate over ten times more county revenue than the mountaintop removal operation would. To learn more about Coal River Mountain Wind, go to: www.coalriverwind.org
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