Pastors from a wide area, including Chicago, Central and Southern Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana toured various places in Macoupin and Montgomery County on April 24-25 under the leadership of Rev. Brian Sauder, Champaign and Rev. Dr. Claire Butterfield of “Faith in Place” in Chicago. They heard about the moral issues of coal mining and . . . → Read More: Pastors’ Coalfields Tour of Macoupin and Montgomery Counties
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We are a group of central Illinois residents who have been fighting the Deer Run Coal Mine in Hillsboro, IL since 2004. We are opposed to coal mining practices such as longwall mining that destroy our fertile farmland, as well as coal ash and coal slurry disposal methods that threaten the health of our communities, lands and waters. |
Interested in learning first-hand about the true cost of coal in Illinois? Join citizen activists and water quality professionals from the Heartland Coalfield Alliance for a day-long tour of central Illinois’ coalfields. Participants will meet in Springfield in the morning and depart as a group on a driving tour of historic and contemporary coal . . . → Read More: Join CALM for Central Illinois Coalfields Tour March 26th |
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Copyright Citizens Against Longwall Mining 2013 |
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