Philly Activists Protest EPA

Anti-mountaintop removal (MTR) activists in Philadelphia set up a lemonade stand in front of EPA’s region 3 office yesterday afternoon. But this lemonade was made with “contaminated” water to represent the real dirty water that communities in Appalachia draw from their taps. EPA’s region 3 office is responsible for evaluating MTR permits in West Virginia – including the recently okay-ed permit for a new MTR mine site in Pine Creek WV.

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-Annie

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Posted on 2 July 2010

Tags: Clean Water Act, coal, EPA, mountaintop removal, rainforest action network

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Annie Sartor is a Campaigner for RAN’s Global Finance team. Annie’s work includes researching bank investments in the coal industry as well as organizing and mobilizing activists around the United States to demand that the world’s biggest banks adopt policies that are consistent with human rights and environmental protection best practices.

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