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Sharman Chapman-Crane

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Coal is not cheap energy when you consider the impact to human lives.

Profession: Business Owner
Group Affiliation: National Council of Churches

Clean Air Ambassador:

Sharman Chapman-Crane

Eolia, Kentucky

We live in a valley in eastern Kentucky. Particulate matter from mountaintop removal mining became a personal breathing issue 6 years ago when they started blowing up the mountain at the head of our valley. The explosives are putting an overburden of particulate matter into the air. Today these companies are operating within a 10 minute walk of our back door. I have asthma. My husband has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our 23-year-old son has undiagnosed breathing problems because he can't afford health insurance.

They use two-and-a-half million pounds of explosives every day in Kentucky for mountaintop removal mining. We need to stop this. Preventing the cause is much cheaper than treatment. Coal is not cheap energy when you consider the impact to human lives. 

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Clean air should be a fundamental right. Air pollution causes asthma attacks, lung disease, and even death. But our bodies don't have to be the dumping ground for dirty industries.

The technology to dramatically reduce harmful air pollution is available today,
and major polluters should be required to use it.

Clean Air Ambassadors from every state are sending a powerful message:
Everyone has a right to breathe clean, healthy air.

It’s time Congress and the EPA used their ears to help our lungs.