See the mountaintop removal mining video they'll be watching in Copenhagen

By Sue Sturgis / December 9, 2009

Attendees of the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen will get a chance to watch a new Google video about the effort to stop mountaintop removal mining on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia and to build a wind farm there instead.

The environmental advocates at iLoveMountains.org are asking people to watch the video -- which uses innovative new Google Earth technology -- and send it along to friends and family.

They're also asking concerned citizens to e-mail their Senators and urge them to pass the Appalachia Restoration Act (S. 696). The legislation would dramatically reduce mountaintop removal mining, which adds to greenhouse gas pollution.

You can watch the video here:

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