What is Why How to Mountaintop Remov

What is
Mountaintop Removal?
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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?
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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?
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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:
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Pressure PNC Bank to end all
financial support for coal
companies that practice
mountaintop removal mining.
GreenPNC.org
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WHY:
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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:
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Join together in an organized
movement to withdraw our
funds from PNC Bank.
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Generate public pressure
through creative media
publicity.
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WHO:
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Concerned PNC customers
Friends of Appalachia
Quaker individuals
Quaker Organizations
Other institutions
You
WHEN:
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Sign up today
www.GreenPNC.org
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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