Shameless: Public lands handed over to the coal industry

EarthJustice

This attack on wild forest land is just one example of the kind of threats  we will face in the next four years. Our public lands are under attack. Help us fight back! Help us fight back using the most powerful tool available—the law—and your tax-deductible gift will be matched $1-for-$1. Dear Larry, Christmas came early for Arch Coal this year. On Monday, the Obama  administration opened up 20,000 acres of wild Colorado forest to  bulldozing for coal mining. This was a shameful giveaway of our public lands, but we stand prepared to fight back.  Will you help us win? The coal mining loophole to the Colorado Roadless Rule opens the door to mining 170  million tons of coal and jumpstarts President-elect Trump’s attack on the climate! To help us challenge these kinds of reckless decisions, the Sandler Foundation has  offered to match your tax-deductible gift to Earthjustice $1-for-$1 if you give by  midnight December 31. Arch Coal‘s West Elk mine could get the green light to expand within weeks.  Its pending application to mine 1,700 acres of roadless forest and build 6 miles of  road and 48 drilling pads right next to the West Elk Wilderness Area would be  disastrous for this pristine public land. We’re wasting no time and preparing to fight back, using the most powerful tool available —the law. But we need your help! In 2012, when the Forest Service imposed this loophole to the Roadless Rule, we fought tooth  and nail until the U.S. district court ruled in our favor two years later. We stand ready to keep  fighting, but we need you by our side. This attack on wild forest land near the West Elk Wilderness is just one example of the  kinds of threats we will face in the next four years. President-elect Trump has already  attacked our environment, our climate and our progress through his words and appointments.  His cronies in Washington are executives and lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry’s biggest polluters —and biggest profiteers. The battles ahead are going to be more challenging than ever and we need you to stand with us.  Give by December 31 and your gift will be matched $1-for-$1! Thank you for all that you do, Ted Zukoski  Staff Attorney  Rocky Mountain Regional Office DONATE NOW P.S. We can’t let corporate polluters destroy our precious public lands.  Make an urgent tax-deductible gift by December 31 and your gift will be matched $1-for-$1.