May 2013 people came together from around Central Appalachia and across the county to stand up for a clean, healthy environment and an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The combined efforts of our 8th Annual Week in Washington and the Appalachia Rising Day of Action tied together multiple campaigns for a better future for Appalachia! Together we advanced our campaign for strong water quality protection through the EPA and our work for strong regulations to protect our streams through the OSM by hosting agency meetings to share testimonies from Central Appalachia. The Alliance also joined a legal petition demanding the EPA take action to protect water, and many of us attended the Appalachia Rising Day of Action at the EPA.
