Stop the world’s biggest banks from funding coal!

Blair Mountain used to be an idyllic place in southwestern West Virginia where the hills rolled for miles. Blair is also a historical treasure—the mountain is the site of arguably the most important post-Civil War battlefield in the US. Now, Arch Coal is planning to decimate this historical treasure for the tiny seams of coal that lie beneath the mountain. This is mountaintop removal coal mining at its worst.

These devastating coal mining practices could not happen without nine big banks (Bank of Montreal, BBVA, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial, Royal Bank of Scotland, Union Bank, and Bank of America as a lead lender) pumping $250 million dollars into keeping Arch coal afloat last November.

Protect Blair Mountain and tell these 9 big bank CEOs to STOP funding Arch Coal.

Blair used to be a thriving community of 700 people—and now has merely 50 residents because of the extreme dangers posed by existing mountaintop removal mines near the town. And the people who stayed behind live with constant dynamite blasts behind their town, carcinogenic dust rolling off the mine sites, and heavy metal contamination.

Tell these 9 big bank CEOs to stop pumping money into the outdated practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, which poisons our water and pollutes our air.

Enough is enough. When bank financing enables Arch Coal to displace an entire community and wreack havoc on mother nature we cannot remain silent.

If we want to protect the future of these communities and our climate we need to cut funding for coal.

Sacrificing Blair Mountain and its residents for small seams of coal is deplorable—urge these 9 big bank CEOs to stop funding Arch Coal today.