Grass-roots groups fighting for environmental justice in the coal fields support Bruce Boyens and oppose Mr. Uram for the job. With your help, we can do it again. Thousands of coal field residents have suffered from uncontrolled coal mining.
Many families live with daily fear for their safety.
Since 1972, mining has killed over 130 citizens outside the mines. But the federal coal mining law has not been enforced since 1980. The Citizens Coal Council is a federation of grass-roots groups and coal field residents in 20 states and the Navajo Nation. It organized to restore law and order to the coal fields and protect water by enforcing the federal coal mining law. Mr. Uram is an lawyer in private practice in San Francisco.