The Alliance For Appalachia

Formed in the spring of 2006, The Alliance for Appalachia is a collaboration of thirteen organizations across Central Appalachia working to bring an end to mountaintop removal coal mining, support a sustainable and just economy in Appalachia, highlight the dangers and true costs of dependence on coal, and move the nation towards a new ethic of conservation, efficiency and renewable energy.

The Alliance For Appalachia is using a number of complementary strategies including grassroots organizing, leadership development, strategic communications, alliance building, research and litigation.

The Alliance For Appalachia believes their campaign to abolish mountaintop removal mining is an important element in the national effort for progressive, systemic change in our nation’s energy, economic, and environmental policies.

Group details
Location:  Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia Group website: The Alliance for Appalachia Contact: allianceforappalachia [at] gmail.com Grassroots Organizations: Coal River Mountain Watch Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Save Our Cumberland Mountains Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

Partner Organizations: Appalachian Citizens Law Center Appalachian Voices Appalshop Heartwood Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) Sierra Club Central Appalachia Environmental Justice Program Southwings

Resources
More information on the campaign to end mountaintop removal at www.ilovemountains.org.

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