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Tell your senators and representatives to vote “No” on FOFA! Find them here: www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
FOFA seeks to bypass the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and judicial review to use timbering as a wildfire mitigation strategy, when it is actually likely to increase fire risk, especially in the eastern forests.
www.congress.gov
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Now, having just declared bankruptcy, South Fork Coal is asking regulators to retroactively validate this activity. It’s unacceptable. If they get away with it, I shudder to think what the next encroachment by the coal industry into our public land will be," Dodson continued.
April 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance
"We have a responsibility to protect the Gauley and the lands that sustain it, not just for ourselves, but for every generation that follows.” - Olivia Miller @wvhighlands.bsky.social

Read the press release: appvoices.org/2025/04/16/g...
American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2025 CONTACTHawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers.org   Andrew Young, staff
appvoices.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"We compelled OSMRE to act—and then, behind closed doors, they apparently caved to industry pressure. We won’t let this stand,” Young added.
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM