Dirty Coal strikes! Here and Now!

"On December 22 ... , over 1 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge came cascading through Eastern Tennessee. The tidal wave of sludge toppled houses and dirtied rivers and streams. This toxic coal ash has been stored in an open 40-acre pond next to the 50-year-old power plant. According to State authorities, after the spill there are 54,000 people with contaminated water in Roane County alone, and many more outside the county may also have tainted drinking water." (Gillian Caldwell at Huffington post january 7 2008)

This is appalling. It's not like it wasn't predicted, it was. It's not like we didn't know dirty coal was endangering not only our future here on this planet but mountain communities here and now, we did. The question is, what is being done about it? What are you doing about it?

Here are some things you can do;

take action over at 1Sky

reduce your electrical demand NOW!

contact your electrical supplier and demand that they cease sourcing mountaintop removal coal

get involved

Thanks to the Oildrum for the image