From Appalachia to Alaska: Addressing the Human Health and Community Impacts of Coal Mining, Sept. 12

Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1-2:30 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore

Join us for a panel discussion of mountaintop removal coal mining, what large-scale coal extraction could mean for Alaska and what can be done to address the negative social and environmental impacts of coal mining.

Guest speakers will include community organizers from Mountain Justice, Coal River Mountain Watch, the RAMPS Campaign and the Beehive Collective. These organizations are all part of a diverse and sustained movement to abolish mountaintop removal coal mining in the Appalachia. Speakers will discuss the impacts of large-scale surface mining on their lives, as well as their community's long history of organizing and resistance efforts against coal.

This event is sponsored by Castle Mountain Coalition, The Alaska Action Center and Alaska Big Village Network.

Note: This event is free and open to the public, with free parking in the South Lot (the lot just across from the bookstore). Visit the bookstore website or contact Rachel Epstein at repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-4782 for more information.