Creation Care Awareness in over 2000 Tennessee Churches

1. Knoxville Public LibraryBrown Bag—Green BookOctober 28th, 2009Pat Hudsonand Dawn CoppockLEAF

2. Creation Care Awareness in over 2000 Tennessee Churches

3. The Earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. Psalm 24:1

4. What is Mountain Top Mining? What Motivates Activists? How Can You Help?

5. Zeb Mountain, Tennessee

6. Zeb Mountain, Tennessee

7. Water Quality In twenty years the lack of potable water may make Southern West Virginia uninhabitable . Professor of Biology, Ben Stout, Wheeling Jesuit University. Expert in the effects of mining on Appalachian streams.

8. Flooding The runoff from these mine sites is sometimes 3 to 5 times higher than in undisturbed areas which means that 1 inch of rain has the same flooding effect as 3 to 5 inches. EPA Study

10. State 2006 Total % of Total U.S. Historical High Year 1 Wyoming 446,742 38.4% 446,742 2006 2 West Virginia 152,374 13.1% 176,157 1947 3 Kentucky 120,848 10.4% 173,322 1990 4 Pennsylvania 66,029 5.7% 277,377 1918 5 Texas 45,548 3.9% 55,755 1990 6 Montana 41,823 3.6% 42,840 1998 7 Colorado 36,322 3.1% 39,870 2004 8 Indiana 35,119 3.0% 37,555 1984 9 Illinois 32,729 2.8% 89,281 1918 10 North Dakota 30,411 2.6% 30,775 2003 11 Virginia 29,740 2.6% 46,917 1990 12 Utah 26,018 2.2% 27,507 1996 13 New Mexico 25,913 2.2% 29,618 2001 14 Ohio 22,722 2.0% 55,351 1970 15 Alabama 18,830 1.6% 29,030 1990 16 Arizona 8,216 0.7% 13,203 1991 17 Maryland 5,054 0.4% 5,533 1907 18 Louisiana 4,114 0.4% 4,161 2005 19 Mississippi 3,797 0.3% 3,797 2006 20 Tennessee 2,804 0.2% 11,260 1972 21 Washington 2,580 0.2% 6,232 2003 22 Oklahoma 1,998 0.2% 6,070 1978 23 Alaska 1,425 0.1% 1,745 1988 24 Kansas 426 * 7,562 1918 25 Missouri 394 * 6,733 1984 26 Arkansas 2 * 2,670 1907 Total U.S. 1,162,750 100.00% 1,131,498 2005 Updated: November 2007 Note: * Denotes less than 0.1 percent of national total. Total includes refuse recovery.

11. Claiborne County a Great Place to Visit! Claiborne CountyTourism Commission3222 Hwy 25-E Suite #1 Tazewell, TN 37879(423) 626-4149800-332-8164

12. Balance COAL MOUNTAINS WATER

13. Ridgelines over 2000 feet should not be altered or disturbed.

14. House Bill 899 Senate Bill 1406 Also House Bill 455 and Senate Bill 1398 • Surface coal mining operation to alter or disturb any ridge line that is above two thousand feet (2,000’) elevationabove sea level, such elevation being determined using the most current edition of the United States forest service’ publication, Ecological Subregions of the United State. This subsection does not prohibit any otherwise allowable surface coal mining above two thousand feet (2,000’) elevation above sea level that does not alter or disturb a ridgeline.

16. Called to Stewardship and Conservation

18. Cerulean Warbler

19. Reconstructed Streams

20. God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. -Martin Luther

21. Tree Planting on an MTR site

24. How can you help? • Stay informed • Affirm progress • Request more progress • Spread the word • Volunteer • Donate • Pray

25. GO TO—WWW.tnleaf.org • Subscribe to LEAF's online action alert list • Your Email: ____________________ SUBSCRIBE

26. Knoxville News Sentinel March 30, 2009

27. YEAH EPA!! EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 25, 2009; Page A13 The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop mining operations on notice that they would be the focus of closer scrutiny yesterday, saying it needs to review their impact on local streams and wetlands before they can move forward.

28. YEAH Senator! Appalachia Restoration Act “It is not necessary to destroy our mountaintops in order to have enough coal,” said Senator Alexander,  “Millions of tourists spend tens of millions of dollars in Tennessee every year to enjoy the natural beauty of our mountains -- a beauty that, for me, and I believe for most Tennesseans, makes us proud to live here.”

29. Senate House TALK with your representatives & legislative leadership Committee Officers Joe McCord, Chair John Tidwell,Vice-Ch. Richard Floyd, Sec. Members Willie Butch Borchert George Fraley Brenda Gilmore David Hawk Mike Kernell Ron Lollar Michael McDonald Frank Niceley Mike Bell Committee Officers Steve Southerland, Chair Ken Yager, Vice-Ch. Eric Stewart,Sec, Members Tim Barnes Charlotte Burks Mike Faulk Doug Jackson Jack Johnson Jamie Woodson

30. Tell Others

31. Donate Money

32. Volunteer

33. Pray

34. LEAF is a Christian fellowship of Tennesseans whose faith leads them to take action for Tennessee’s environment. Concern for God’s Creation is not a matter of being liberal or conservative, a Republican or a Democrat. We believe people of faith can look beyond such distinctions and do the Lord’s work together.

36. Theodore Roosevelt, January 20, 1915 It is true that the game belongs to the people; but this rightly means the people who are to be born a hundred years hence just as much as the people who are alive today. In the same way, persons who own land, and, above all, persons who merely visit or pass through land, have no more right wantonly or carelessly to destroy birds or deface scenery than they have to pollute waters or burn down forests or let floods through levees. The sooner we appreciate these facts, the sooner we shall become a truly civilized people.

37. West Virginia

38. Google Earth “Layers” “Global Awareness” OR ILove Mountains.org