Bo Webb is a 6th generation resident of the Coal River Valley in West Virginia. He spoke to the morning MJSB session about his personal experience of living directly below a mountain top removal site, as well as the steps he and the A.C.H.E. team are taking to pass legislation in Washington, D.C.
The Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act urges you to contact your member of the House of Representatives and insist on having them sign on to HR 526 by visiting this link acheact.org/take-action/ ( http://acheact.org/take-action/ )
Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining means surface coal mining that uses blasting with explosives in the steep slope regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia.