30 Days to Save the Mountains: Says Who?

Intro

Day 1

Day 2

For the last two days, I've been telling you that the Clean Water Protection Act has 103 sponsors.  However, that's not true.  The bill now has 105 cosponsors as two more signed on yesterday.  And yesterday's gains --  Daniel Lipinski (IL) and John Halls (NY) are both on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which is the committee where the CWPA is currently waiting for attention.  So... hot damn!

Who are you joining when you ask your representative to support the Clean Water Protection Act?  

You're joining our own Energize America.  Opposition to mountaintop removal and contour strip mining has always been a part of the Energize America plan.  But while early efforts included attempting to write our own legislation in this area, it was quickly recognized that supporting the CWPA offers the best chance to protect the mountains.  And there are better ways to get energy from the mountains than by chopping them down.

You're joining all the organizations that together make up I Love Mountains, including Appalachian Voices, Coal River Mountain Watch, Keepers of the Mountains Foundation,  Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (Go Kentucky!), the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Save Our Cumberland Mountains, and Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards.  Volunteers at all these groups are working hard every day to halt the expansion of mountaintop removal.  Some of those volunteers also happen to be kossacks.  So why not take ten minutes to lend them a hand?

Please keep the momentum going.  Check the list of cosponsors to see if your representative is already on board.  If so, thank them and let them know this issue is important to you.  If not, it's even more important that you contact them and tell them to sign on.  Immediately.  It wouldn't hurt to follow up with a visit to the public comment page for the Bush administration's efforts to weaken existing laws and expand mountaintop removal mining.

And now... another helpful list of Democratic targets for today.  This time brought to you with the help of kossack faithfull, who saved me from having to visit all these web sites and scoop out the numbers.  Much appreciated.

IN
9	Baron Hill	202-225-5315	812-288-3999
IA
1	Bruce Braley	202-225-2911	319-287-3233
2	Dave Loebsack	202-225-6576	319-351-0789
3	Leonard Boswell	202-225-3806	515-282-1909
KS
2	Nancy Boyda	202-225-6601	785-234-8111
3	Dennis Moore	202-225-2865	913-383-2013
LA
2	William Jefferson	202-225-6636	504-589-2274
3	Charlie Melancon	202-225-4031	225-621-8490
ME
2	Michael Michaud	202-225-6306	207-942-6935
MD
2	C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersburger	202-225-3061	410-628-2701
3	John Sarbanes	202-225-4016	410-832-8890
4	Al Wynn	202-225-8699	301-773-4094
5	Steny Hoyer	202-225-4131	301-474-0119

Take a look after the break to see the kossacks who have already made calls, sent emails, or faxed... um, faxes to congressional offices.

My Heroes
These kossacks have taken a moment to contact a representative about the Clean Water Protection Act.  In some green future, when the mountains have been saved and the streams flow free, look for these names carved into the hillside No, no no!  Engraved on a nice plaque.  Sheesh.

 

afguy08	rlamoureux	faithfull
plf515	susie dow	Mogolori
Leslie in CA	neia	crose
cham	Jim in AZ	betson08
Jersey Joe	SethO	LisaZ
ezdidit	emmasnacker	RunawayRose
bklynDrew	prodigalkat	goblin
Gabriele Droz	gloryous1	slksfca
waitingforvizzini	madgranny	Janet Strange
Prof Dave	QuarterHorseDem	Count Imbroglio
willb48	word is bond	beabea
WeatherDem	lgmcp	AntKat
LJR	dgil	makfan

If I missed anyone, please let me know.  I need to work out a little trophy for those kossacks who call multiple reps.