Destroying West Virginia, One Mountain At A Time | Sojourners

Destroying West Virginia, One Mountain At A Time

In April, the Environmental Protection Agency announced rules that could significantly reduce mountaintop-removal mining in the U.S. For longtime activists like Allen Johnson, co-founder of the group Christians for the Mountains (CFTM), it’s proof that “hope is not always in vain”—but only one step of a long journey towards environmental and economic justice in coal-mining areas of Appalachia.

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Sojourners Magazine June 2010
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