You are two of Michigan's representatives who have not added their names as co-sponsors of the Clean Water Protection Act, but I encourage you to do so today. Yes, I know, it's not going to please everybody (especially Consumers Energy, who contributes to your campaigns), but it will guarantee clean water in Appalachia for residents affected by mountain top removal.
(Mountain top removal, you may recall, is the incredibly cool way to get that "clean" coal from the mountains by blowing them to smithereens! As a result, all sorts of sludge is dumped into fresh waterways throughout Appalachia. The flora and fauna will return - in about 10,000 years.)
Congressman Ehlers, I tried to meet with you last summer about this issue, but your handlers in Washington DC explained that it was already too risky for you to co-sponsor a weaker bill, one that merely stops coal companies from further destruction, but doesn't require them to clean up the mess they've made.
I spent a week in West Virginia, listening to stories of real people who are really suffering because of our willingness to look the other way so more coal can be shipped around the globe. Once you see the beauty of this area, and the devastation caused by mountain top removal, you can't help but try to stop the destruction.
Unless, of course, it isn't in your political interest to do so. It should be.
Sincerely,
Jeff Larsen
p.s. Since the chance of Rep. Ehlers or Rep. Hoekstra reading this is slim to none, I encourage you to contact them.
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