Community Toolkit

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About This Toolkit

Contents

1. Getting Started: Building Our Power for a Healthy Future

• Organizing 101: The Basics
• What Happens When We Organize? Communities Win Real Change
• How to Get Started
• How to be a Good Facilitator
• Evaluate and Reflect

2. Take Action When You Have Bad Water

• When Your Water Goes Bad: 10 Steps to Take
• Health Problems and Chemicals to Watch For
• How to Limit Exposure to Hydrogen Sulfide
• Tips to Remember

3. Take Action to Protect Our Water

• When a Permit Might Impact You
• Where to Find Permits
• What to Look for in a Strip Mine Permit
• How to FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
• When Blasting Impacts you: File a Complaint!

4. The Bigger Picture: Better Laws for Clean Water

• How You Can Get Active with SSP
• Sludge Safety Project: What We Want from Charleston
• Clean Water Protection Act: What We Want in Washington DC
• The Problem of Coal Waste Sludge
• The Problem of Underground Coal Sludge Injection
• Talking Points: Solutions
• Alternatives to Sludge

5. More Resources

• Resources on Organizing
• Resources on Legal Rights in the Coalfields
• Scientific Studies
• Coalfield Advisors
• Non-Profit Groups