On Friday, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft environmental impact statement recommending the lease of nearly 4,000 acres of federal land adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah for the expansion of the Alton Coal Strip Mine. Alton Coal Development already operates a strip mine in the area to feed the Intermountain Power Plant, which generates electricity for the Los Angeles power grid.
In our public response, the Sierra Club stated, “It is outrageous that the federal government is proposing to allow the destruction of public lands next to a treasured national park in order to ship coal to a dirty coal-fired power plant that feeds Los Angeles. Instead of destroying our public lands in Utah at the behest of Big Coal, the city of Los Angeles should invest in our abundant and local clean energy sources, such as solar power."
We are now mobilizing hundreds of members and concerned Utahans and Californians to attend the BLM's public hearings and submit comments online to oppose the Alton Coal Mine expansion. You can read more about the expansion from the Salt Lake Tribune and KPCW Public Radio, as well as this excellent op-ed opposing the plans.
Stay tuned for more on the fight against the mine expansion.
In our public response, the Sierra Club stated, “It is outrageous that the federal government is proposing to allow the destruction of public lands next to a treasured national park in order to ship coal to a dirty coal-fired power plant that feeds Los Angeles. Instead of destroying our public lands in Utah at the behest of Big Coal, the city of Los Angeles should invest in our abundant and local clean energy sources, such as solar power."
We are now mobilizing hundreds of members and concerned Utahans and Californians to attend the BLM's public hearings and submit comments online to oppose the Alton Coal Mine expansion. You can read more about the expansion from the Salt Lake Tribune and KPCW Public Radio, as well as this excellent op-ed opposing the plans.
Stay tuned for more on the fight against the mine expansion.
