CKY members Phillip and Laura just learned about the negative impacts of mountain top removal mining on our communities and land. Excited to show their support to everyone working to create a clean energy future for Kentucky they made posters in preparation for I love mountains day. Phillip wrote a statement about why he was coming to the rally:

"I missed a pajama party, movie, and passing out Valentine's Day cards all to go to the I Love Mountains Day rally.  I did this to show my love to the U.S.A.'s oldest mountains.  People die!  Animals die!  People die from breathing in coal dust and getting cancer from drinking toxic water.  Imagine, cutting off mountain tops for coal is like cutting our heads off for blood.  If mountains did what we did to them we wouldn't like it!"

Laura wrote a haiku to express what's happening in Appalachia:

Mountains are sacred

Their home is our Kentucky

Sadly they're dying

It's been really exciting to see young people learn about this issue and get excited to make change. Keep up the good work guys!