Mountaintop Removal Mining for Coal-to-Liquids Madness presented by Dave Cooper, Sierra Club, Lexington, Kentucky. At these locations this week--please see details at the end of this message. Oct 23 Iowa State Univ Oct 23 Dubuque Iowa Sierra Club Oct 24 Cornell College, Mt Vernon Iowa Oct 24 Univ of Iowa Oct 24 Iowa City Public Library Oct 25 Upper Iowa Univ, Fayette IA Oct 25 Univ of Northern Iowa Oct 26 Iowa State Univ Oct 26 Drake Univ, Des Moines Mountaintop Removal The Mountaintop Removal presentation includes a stunning 22-minute slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal on coalfield residents, communities and the environment, and features traditional Appalachian mountain music and shocking aerial photos of decapitated Appalachian mountains. In West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and eastern Kentucky, coal companies blast as much as 600 feet off the top of the mountains, then dump the rock and debris into mountain streams. Over 300,000 acres of the most beautiful and productive hardwood forests in America have already been turned into barren grasslands. Mountaintop removal mining increases flooding, contaminates drinking water supplies, cracks foundations of nearby homes, and showers towns with dust and noise from blasting. There is no charge for the presentation; however donations and honorariums to defray gas and travel expenses are gratefully accepted. Iowa State Univ. Where:Ames Iowa When:Oct 23 12:40 PM Notes:Tara Clapp [log in to unmask] 515 290 9713 College of Design White Pine Sierra Club Group Where:Dubuque Iowa When:Oct 23 7:00 PM Basement of US Bank Kennedy Road & Wacker on Dubuque's west end Cornell College, Mt Vernon Iowa When: Oct 24 12:00 PM The Commons Student Union - Hedges Lounge 319 895 4306 Iowa City Iowa Where:Public Library When:Oct 24 7:00 PM Notes:[log in to unmask] 319 594 6453 Upper Iowa Univ. Where:Fayette Iowa When:Oct 25 12:00 PM Notes:Dr Katherine McCarville [log in to unmask] Baker Hebron Science Hall 101 Univ. of Northern Iowa Where:Waterloo Iowa When:Oct 25 7:00 PM Notes:Dr Kamyar Enshayan [log in to unmask] UNI Center for Energy and Env Education Iowa State Univ Where:Ames Iowa When:Oct 26 12:00 PM Notes:Dr James Pritchard [log in to unmask] 515 294 8830 Science II room 135 Drake University Where:Des Moines Iowa When:Oct 26 3:00 PM Notes:[log in to unmask] Biology and Env. Science Seminar 515 271 2920 location TBD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/