It will reduce tourism Canada Goose online potential

Illinois Residents Move to Halt Violation

canada goose outlet shop Facing off with the world’s largest coal company, which literally sank its first historic mine nearby in 1895, Rocky Branch farmers, residents and supporters fighting to protect their Shawnee Hills community against a violation ridden and potentially devastating strip mine set up a road blockade this morning. canada goose outlet shop

canada goose outlet reviews The action forced Peabody haulers to unload their equipment to the side of canada goose the road, as state police attempted to verify permit and road requirements. canada goose outlet reviews

canada goose jacket outlet After stationing proper weight limit signs on the the Rocky Branch roads leading to the Peabody strip mine operation, residents say state laws limit road hauling tonnage and weight to 10 tons. According to local residents, several Peabody hired trucks exceed such legal limits. canada goose jacket canada goose outlet outlet

canada goose outlet online uk As Peabody hired loggers Canada Goose Coats On Sale attempted to enter the main site later this morning, residents peacefully assembled and blockaded the county road leading to the Rocky Branch mine, stretching yellow crime scene tap across the road, and called on the state police to uphold the laws. canada goose outlet online uk

canada goose outlet uk Peabody is operating with a DNR mining permit, though it has yet to obtain proper EPA permits for the strip mine operation. canada goose outlet uk

canada goose outlet store According to several witness, 75 year old Rocky Branch farmer and pastor Allan Porter was threatened. canada goose outlet store

canada goose outlet Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeff buy canada goose jacket Lucas canada goose outlet

As out of state loggers clear cut the forested Shawnee Hills, defiantly posting “Warning: Explosives in Use” signs without state Environmental Protection Agency permits, it may seem like Peabody’s violation ridden Rocky Branch strip mine site in southern Illinois is another lost chapter in the state’s century long history of backroom Big Coal deals.

canada goose outlet store uk Not for the undaunted Rocky Branch residents and farmers in Saline County, who have testified and provided unaddressed documentation on permit errors at all public hearings against the reckless mine proposal. canada goose outlet store uk

canada goose outlet toronto factory Canada Goose Online Drawing a line in the sand on the canada goose uk shop state’s coal rush and drawing statewide and national support their message is simple: Mr. Peabody’s coal trains ain’t haulin’ our community away. canada goose outlet toronto canada goose coats factory

canada goose outlet jackets Protests, including road blocks, as well as court challenges are planned for today and the rest of the week. canada goose outlet jackets

“We are going to pursue every legal means that we can, but with the control the corporations have over the existing system, it will be difficult,” Rocky Branch resident Jennifer Dumbris said, “which is why we need all the support possible from the Attorney General to citizens groups across the canada goose store state and nation. The very fate of our community is now on the edge.”

canada goose factory outlet Check out a video of yesterday’s clear cutting in Rocky Branch, as loggers hurried Canada Goose Outlet to eliminate the probable habitats of the endangered Indiana bats. (Video courtesy of Christopher Oliver and Derek Deters.) canada goose factory outlet

To borrow a line from Gov. Pat Quinn, who launched a similar battle nearly a decade ago to stop the Banner strip mine in Fulton County: “I urge your company to re think this flawed idea.”

Ten years ago, Quinn courageously stood up to Big Coal machinations, declaring:

goose outlet canada Strip canada goose uk outlet mining on this site threatens the drinking water of local residents and habitat of eagles, pelicans and fish. It will reduce tourism Canada Goose online potential, strain local water treatment systems, and pollute the Illinois River and Copperas Creek. goose outlet canada

canada goose outlet uk sale Why has the Quinn administration now turned its back on the mind boggling regulatory machinations by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Illinois EPA? canada goose outlet uk sale

canada goose outlet online According to local residents, the Rocky Branch strip mine is not only a flawed idea, but one of the most bungled DNR permit decisions in recent Canada Goose Parka history, and with mounting oversights, errors and violations, residents are now calling on Attorney uk canada goose General Lisa Madigan to file a petition requesting an internal administrative review of DNR’s rushed decision to green light a mining permit on Wednesday. canada goose outlet online

canada goose canada goose clearance sale outlet new york city Ever since Peabody sank its first historic coal mine in nearby Williamson County in 1895, paying children and laborers 25 cents a box for hand loading two thousand pounds of coal in deadly conditions, Saline County residents and coal miners like my grandfather and canada goose uk black friday family members have taken a fearless stand for coalfield justice, galvanizing mine worker movements, as well as civil rights and environmental campaigns. canada goose outlet new canada goose black friday sale york city

canada goose outlet canada Rocky Branch residents plan to carry on that legacy again through the intervention of law enforcement agencies, in the courts, and in the courts of public opinion. canada goose outlet canada

canada Canada Goose Jackets goose outlet parka “Years canada goose coats on sale ago the timber industry and the cheap canada goose uk Forest Service pushed a plan to log over 3,500 acres around the Bell Smith Springs National Natural Landmark,” said Sam Stearns, a former coal miner and Shawnee National Forest advocate, who recently led canada goose clearance as successful campaign to remove the state’s “clean coal” website for kids. “After a https://www.canadagooseisverige.com protracted battle with grassroots environmentalists, the logging finally began. Conventional canadian goose jacket wisdom told the environmentalists to give up, to accept the inevitability of the logging project. But two days after the logging started 10 acres out of 3,500 were cut environmentalists obtained a court order which halted all logging on the Shawnee for 18 years.” canada goose outlet parka

As citizens groups and support for besieged Rocky Branch residents continue to grow, Stearns added: “In order to win short term battles to protect our land, we have to take a long view of the campaign. We have to adhere to to the principle of endless pressure, endlessly applied.”.