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The historic Mountain Heroes photo petition was created by more than 13,500 people across the country who wrote to demand an end to mountaintop removal mining.
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My name is MikaI want to end mountaintop removal
I live in the Appalachian mountains!
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My name is NathanI love mountains!
Because mountains are majestic!
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My name is ThomasI love mountains!
Because mountains are majestic!
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Watch Wake Up And Do Something Positive.
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My name is NoreenI want to end mountaintop removal
Clean water is a human right
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BIG DAMAGE for a small fraction of our nation's coal. Best estimates for the percent of US coal produced by mountaintop removal range from 5% to 10%.

Source: “Environmental Regulations To Curtail Mountaintop Mining,” The Washington Post, 2010.

My name is DAVIDWe must stop mountaintop removal
CEAN ENERGY NOW !
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My name is JessicaI want to protect Appalachia
Because mountains are majestic!
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My name is Katrina and DaveEnd mountaintop removal
We care about clean air and water
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My name is Handyman ScottLive simply so others may
Simply live.
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My name is AndyI want to save the mountains
Long live mountains & mountain folk!
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My name is MichaelI want to end mountaintop removal
Clean water is a human right
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My name is KatieI love mountains more than anything!
We have a duty to protect Appalachia
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My name is JodyIt makes me sick that
This makes people sick
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My name is Ken.
I'm 97 and a fighter.
And I'm still fighting to save our mountains.

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My name is KaleyMountaintop removal needs to end
because it destroys communities.
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Lisa Henderson as a baby with her mother, the late Judy Bonds See Photo: Lisa Henderson on Growing Up With Her Mom, Judy Bonds
My name is EricMountaintop Removal Destroys Herbs
BioCultural Diversity = Longterm $$
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My name is Marie LouiseI care about clean water in the U.S.
Because mountains are majestic!
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