Nothing is Sacred to Dirty Coal!

Please add you name and speak out for this priceless teasure!

Last year, the Sierra Club and our allies submitted nearly 250,000 comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opposing the expansion of the privately owned Alton Coal Mine onto federal land in southern Utah, 10 miles from Bryce Canyon National Park.
At the same time, both the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued formal comments opposing the mine. In addition, Utah's largest newspaper editorialized against the mine proposal.

But the BLM has never denied a mining expansion request like this one before. That's why we aren't taking any chances. With your help this will be the first!
  Keep up the pressure to halt the expansion of the Alton Coal Mine and protect Bryce Canyon National Park! Send a message to the BLM and Department of Interior Secretary Jewell now!

 

In response to the huge outpouring of opposition, the BLM agreed to further study the proposed mine.

We anticipate the review will be released this fall. We need to ensure that the new Secretary of Interior, Sally Jewell, and the BLM, know we still oppose this boondoggle and the danger it poses to this stunning natural landscape.

We can't risk the pristine night sky, the local recreation economy, the amazing vistas or the wildlife near the park just to dig more coal out of the earth for a few years of dirty electric power.

Tell Secretary Jewell and the BLM to deny Alton Coal's request to expand mining operations

near Bryce Canyon National Park!

The world's most respected investor, Warren Buffett, isn't optimistic about coal. He recently stated, "Coal will gradually decline in importance."²

Coal's decline is already happening and the West is leading the way!

 

Washington and Oregon are transitioning away from their coal plants and have stopped three out of six proposed coal export terminals.³ In March, Los Angeles, the nation's second largest city, announced it would be entirely off coal by 2025. NV Energy, the largest utility in Nevada, announced in June that they would be closing their largest coal plant and making big investments in renewables.^4,5

If the world's greatest investor is saying coal is declining and states across the West are ditching coal, why are we even thinking about mining coal near one our nation's greatest natural treasures -- Bryce Canyon National Park?

Secretary Jewell and the BLM need to hear from you that coal is a dirty, risky investment and a dangerous proposition for our precious natural wonders.

Tell them to deny the expansion of the Alton Coal Mine and protect Bryce Canyon National Park!

Thanks for all you do to protect the environment,

Mary Anne Hitt
Beyond Coal Campaign
Sierra Club

P.S. After you take action, be sure to forward this alert to your friends and colleagues!



[1] "BLM should reject mine expansion," The Salt Lake Tribune. 8 November 2011.
[2] Snyder, Jim, "Buffett cays coal's decline in U.S. to be gradual yet permanent," Bloomberg Businessweek. 25 July 2013.
[3] Thompson, Claire, "Coal-export plans going off the rails in Pacific Northwest," Grist. 10 May 2013.
[4] "Los Angeles to be first coal free city in US by 2025," National Geographic News Watch. 22 March 2013.
[5] Doughman, Andrew,"NV Energy bill wins passage, signaling state's shift from coal," The Las Vegas Sun. 4 June 2013.

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