Double Feature!

This is just a reminder that this Wednesday, October 19th, at 7:30 PM there will be two events, both at the YMCA!

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We will have a group from Appalachian Voices come visit and give a very special presentation at the YMCA! This event was coordinated by the Beyond Coal Campaign project.

Appalachian Voices is an award-winning, environmental non-profit committed to protecting the land, air and water of the central and southern Appalachian region, focusing on reducing coal’s impact on the region and advancing our vision for a cleaner energy future. The presentations include a discussion about mountaintop removal and the Appalachian Treasures slideshow, a short video about the impacts of this mining process with images and voices from the region. Along with directly impacted residents, Appalachian Voices travels across the country to build a national base to gain support for the Clean Water Protection Act and the Appalachia Restoration Act.

Mountaintop removal has already destroyed over one million acres of forested mountains, decimated over 500 mountains, and buried over 1,200 miles of streams throughout West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Families and communities living near mountaintop removal mine sites throughout Appalachia continually deal with the threat and reality of appalling conditions including polluted drinking water, continual blasting that damages homes and wells, job loss for coal miners and other community members and decreased quality of health. To learn more about mountaintop removal, you can visit http://www.ilovemountains.org/

For more information please contact:
Brian Perbix from the Prairie Rivers Network
(217) 720-9289
bperbix@prairierivers.org

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Also happening that night, the Green Observer and Students for Environmental Concerns will be hosting a one-night free screening of the film Climate Refugees at 7:30 PM at the YMCA. Climate Refugees was the only official film screened at United Nations COP15 in Copenhagen  and was a Sundance Film Festival selection. There will be pizza and  drinks provided, and the film will run until 9 PM.

For more information, please email go@greenobservermagazine.com

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Obviously, these two events overlap each other. We apologize for this situation!