I Love Mountains, also known as iLoveMountains.org, is an
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against mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR).
It is a self-described 'action and resource center' that attempts "to use cutting edge technology to inform and involve Americans in their efforts to save the mountains." It is produced by
Appalachian VoicesAppalachian Voices is a grassroots environmental organization based out of Boone, North Carolina U.S. that was founded in 1997. Their work focuses primarily upon environmental issues concerning the Appalachian Mountains region. Their stated goals include eliminating air pollution, ending...
, but is a conglomeration of 7 different
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environmental organizations.
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I Love Mountains, also known as iLoveMountains.org, is an
environmentalEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the state of the environment...
websiteA website is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed with a common domain name or IP address in an Internet Protocol-based network...
against mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR).
It is a self-described 'action and resource center' that attempts "to use cutting edge technology to inform and involve Americans in their efforts to save the mountains." It is produced by
Appalachian VoicesAppalachian Voices is a grassroots environmental organization based out of Boone, North Carolina U.S. that was founded in 1997. Their work focuses primarily upon environmental issues concerning the Appalachian Mountains region. Their stated goals include eliminating air pollution, ending...
, but is a conglomeration of 7 different
grassrootsA grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it is natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
environmental organizations. It is notable for its advocacy and several informational web-tools that have been developed by the site. The website, in addition to other bills, specifically acts in advocacy of the
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and the stream buffer zone rule. The nationally recognized web-tools created by the site include the National Memorial for the Mountains , a
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feature that allows the user to view every MTR site, and its onsite tool
What's my connection? that allows a user to input their zipcode and view their powergrid connection to MTR coal.
Contributing groups
- Appalachian Voices
Appalachian Voices is a grassroots environmental organization based out of Boone, North Carolina U.S. that was founded in 1997. Their work focuses primarily upon environmental issues concerning the Appalachian Mountains region. Their stated goals include eliminating air pollution, ending...
- Coal River Mountain Watch
- Keeper of the Mountains Foundation
- Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth is a grassroots community organization founded in 1981. Though statewide, KFTC has deep roots in eastern Kentucky where coal mining remains the dominant industry...
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
- Save Our Cumberland Mountains
Save Our Cumberland Mountains, or SOCM, is a Tennessee activist group best known for their opposition to strip mining. They were founded in 1972 to oppose what they said were unfair imbalances in property taxes, described by a group of Vanderbilt students, between small and large landowners in the...
- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards