Volume VII, #11 | |
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you, May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hearts that love you. -- Traditional Irish Blessing In this issue 1) Take Action: Support the Employee Free Choice Act 1) Take Action: Support the Employee Free Choice Act
3) Citizens to Congress: Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining! Residents from Appalachia who are living with the impacts of mountaintop removal are standing up with Americans from thirty states-from the Carolinas to California, who know that their community has a direct connection to mountaintop removal. You can find out if your community has a direct connection to mountaintop removal here. Learn more about mountaintop removal mining and what you can do to help stop it. 4) New Study: Smog Linked to Premature Death Researchers and health professionals have long known that soot and smog from coal-fired power plants increases the risk of respiratory illness, but this is the first study to look solely at the impact of smog instead of at the combined effects of air pollution.
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