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Wall Street doesn’t like King Coal anymore. In the last two years, the biggest banks in America have adopted policies to phase out financing of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal. Unfortunately, PNC didn’t get the memo. Send PNC CEO James Rohr an email and tell him to stop financing MTR now. Since 2008, PNC has provided over $130 million to six of the eight largest MTR coal mining companies, including the worst of the worst- Massey Energy. PNC Bank is now the largest financier of mountaintop removal in the US. While boasting to be the “greenest bank in the business,” PNC continues to bankroll the wholesale destruction of the Appalachian Mountains. Too bad the “greenest bank” is focused solely on greenbacks. Tell PNC’s CEO to put his money where his mouth is and protect America’s mountains from MTR. PNC has not made a single attempt to stop financing mountaintop removal. But we want to change that. RAN and our allies have convinced much larger banks like Chase and Wells Fargo to move away from backing mountaintop removal mining. PNC is next. We’re not stopping until there isn’t a bank left in the biz willing to finance the flattening of Appalachia and the poisoning of her people. Thank you for taking action to save America’s mountains!
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You are the difference between victory and defeat. Everything we do here at RAN depends on the support of our members – people like you – and with so much at stake right now, we need your help more than ever. That’s why we’ve set a goal of 250 new members by midnight tonight – and the deadline is just hours away. We need just 8 people from your city to reach that goal, but time is running out. Will you be one of them? To RAN, victory is convincing six major banks to limit their funding of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. It’s General Mills stepping forward with a commitment to stop buying unsustainable palm oil that contributes to rainforest destruction. It’s RAN activists, local communities, and you coming together to protect vulnerable rainforests and ecosystems. None of it, not a single step forward, happens without the support of our members. And defeat? Well, we all know what that looks like. It’s slash and burn logging in Sumatra. It’s polluted waterways and sick communities in Appalachia. It’s an end to a way of life for native villages in rainforests around the world, the loss of irreplaceable ecosystems and biodiversity, and unstoppable climate change. Without our members, RAN can’t fight back. We need your voice, your activism – and, to be perfectly honest, we need your donations. Members of RAN get campaigners to the troubled frontlines of deforestation, and into corporate boardrooms to turn long-time offenders into responsible rainforest stewards. That’s the difference you’ll make as a member, the difference between victory and defeat. And the easiest part about it? Being a member costs less than a dime a day. Join us today – we need you. If you’re already a member of RAN, I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. We couldn’t do it without you. Truly.
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RAN …09-30-10 March on DC
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On September 27, thousands of Americans will march on the White House to demand an end to mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that is poisoning the air, water, soil, culture and communities of Appalachia. Are you disgusted by coal corporations bombing America’s mountains into oblivion? March with us in D.C. on September 27 to end mountaintop removal mining. Sign up now.. Mountaintop removal is an atrocity that has destroyed over 500 mountains, buried thousands of miles of Appalachian streams and rivers, clear-cut over a million acres and harmed countless Appalachian lives. It’s time to abolish this horrible practice. Join us for Appalachia Rising.. Our friend Mickey McCoy of Inez, Kentucky summed it up perfectly. “I’d rather not travel to Washington DC. I’d rather not break the law in non-violent civil disobedience. Frankly, I’d like to work in the garden in my retirement…but when 300 million gallons of toxic coal sludge from a Massey Energy impoundment flooded Martin County, my home, I found myself in a fight for the life of my land and community. And with those stakes, you don’t have a choice. The time for action is now!” After attending Voices from the Mountains, a summit of Appalachians and their allies September 25 & 26, RAN will take to the D.C. streets to march on the White House and demand justice for Appalachia’s communities, culture and environment. Be there with us. March on the 27th knowing you helped give Appalachia a fighting chance to survive and thrive for generations to come.
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Breaking: Activists dump “mountain” of coal waste at EPA HQ
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Moments ago, a bold group of RAN activists drove a truck onto the front lawn of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. and dumped a “mountain” of coal waste onto it. It’s about time. The coal debris traveled all the way from Appalachia where every day the EPA stands by and local residents watch in horror as another 300 million year old mountaintop is blown into oblivion by mountaintop removal (MTR) mining. It’s a damn shame. Neighboring communities and nearby waterways are flooded with the toxic debris, poisoning life in one of our nation’s most unique regions. It’s hard to believe this is legal in the United States. Well, enough is enough. Appalachian locals and their allies are fed up. We’ve all had it. Call Lisa Jackson from the EPA and tell her to veto all future MTR permits.. Spruce Mine is the largest proposed MTR mine site in Appalachia and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has the opportunity to veto it. Your call today could be the tipping point. Dial up the EPA and say “Lisa, Veto Spruce Mine!”. The action this morning aims to give the EPA a tiny glimpse into what life is like for the people of Appalachia getting dumped on right and left by MTR mining companies. Make sure the EPA gets the point. Flood their phone lines with your calls today. Thanks for supporting the action today and being such an integral part of the Network.
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