PCAMTR wants you to take an environmental action NOW and close your PNC account!! Take The Pledge The Penn Community Against Mountaintop Removal coal mining (PCAMTR) is seeking environmentally and socially concerned members of the Penn student body to close their accounts with PNC Bank. To celebrate I Love Mountains day on February 14th, we …
The weight of evidence has tipped. Last summer, a number of new studies put more numbers to the profound impact that MTR has had on the health of communities in Appalachia. Here’s one by professors at West Virginia University and Washington State University, incluing Dr. Michael Hendryx, Director of the West Virginia Rural Health Research …
An article in Philly’s wonderful sustainability magazine: Save the Mountains: Penn, Temple students meet with PNC over mountaintop removal Mountaintop removal might not seem like an issue pertinent to Philly residents, but students at Temple University and University of Pennsylvania would disagree. Local banking favorite PNC is a major financier for companies engaged in the …
We’re in the news: The ongoing movement against mountaintop removal took a big leap yesterday by securing a private meeting with top PNC Bank executives. Penn and Temple University are among 37 schools that partner with the Pennsylvania-based bank. Penn has had a long-standing relationship with PNC, which offers many resources for student banking. On …
Our press advisory, published in Occupy Philly Media: ADVISORY Embargoed Until: 2PM, Monday, January 23 Contact: Luke Byrnes Organizer luke.d.byrnes@gmail.com 215-622-6342 Temple University and University of Pennsylvania Student Activists Meet with PNC Executives after Major Protesting, Press Conference to Follow Meetings were granted after three Temple students were arrested while conducting a sit-in at their …
Penn Community Against Mountaintop Removal presents: The Last Mountain 8:30pm on Thursday, November 17th Huntsman Hall 370 Join us for a screening of an Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. ‘The Last Mountain’ is documentary film that showcases one community’s battle to stop a mountaintop removal mine that residents fear will destroy their …
February 14 and ongoing.