What is Mountaintop Removal? An environmentally devastating practice that destroys mountains and pollutes rivers and streams. A major cause of lung and kidney disease and increases in cancer and birth defect rates. Supplies asthma-causing coal to local electric plants. A trap into systemic poverty for Appalachian communities. For more information: www.ilovemountains.org Why PNC Bank? PNC is one of the two largest financiers of companies that practice mountaintop removal coal mining in the US. They advertise themselves as the “greenest” bank in the business and highlight their Quaker roots. They underwrote loans in 2011 for 4 of the 5 largest coal companies practicing mountaintop removal. For more information: www.ran.org How to Green Your Money? Join with others in our coordinated and creative public program to remove our money from PNC bank accounts. Commit to Bank Like Appalachia Matters! (BLAM!) Recruit others to this initiative. To join the movement: www.GreenPNC.org GreenPNC@gmail.com 215-588-5417 The Earth Quaker Action Team is an organization of Quaker Friends, and friends of Friends, who join millions of people around the world fighting for our threatened planet. www.eqat.org WHAT: Pressure PNC Bank to end all financial support for coal companies that practice mountaintop removal mining. GreenPNC.org WHY: Because PNC, self described as “the greenest bank in the business” and historical inheritor of the informal moniker “the Quaker Bank,” is a major financier of mountaintop removal. HOW: Join together in an organized movement to withdraw our funds from PNC Bank. Generate public pressure through creative media publicity. WHO: Concerned PNC customers Friends of Appalachia Quaker individuals Quaker Organizations Other institutions You WHEN: Sign up today www.GreenPNC.org Sign up to join the movement Hear responses to most frequently asked questions Learn how to prepare to move your money Find out more about PNC Watch EQAT nonviolent direct action videos Follow links about mountaintop removal coal mining GREEN YOUR MONEY Getting PNC Bank out of the business of financing mountaintop removal coal mining. Green Your Money www.GreenPNC.org GreenPNC@gmail.com 215-588-5417 Earth Quaker Action Team www.eqat.org
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