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The immediate and long-term environmental effects of mountaintop removal coal mining are severe and irreversible, according to recently released studies accompanying a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Hundreds of miles of streams have been buried, hundreds of square miles of forested mountains flattened, and generations-old communities of coalfield residents have been forced from their homes by this extremely destructive mining practice.

The EIS is supposed to suggest ways to limit the environmental harm caused by mountaintop removal. Yet, the Bush administration is suggesting just the opposite: it wants to allow mountaintop removal to continue and even make it easier for coal mining companies to get permits for this form of mining.

TAKE ACTION: Please tell the Bush administration it must consider alternatives that would limit the harmful effects of mountaintop removal coal mining, not weaken existing environmental protections. The comment period has just been extended to January 21, 2004. We encourage you to take action right away.