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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Donald Trump's
Department of Interior is </span><b style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><u>considering a massive expansion of the
Rosebud coal mine</u></b><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">, which feeds the Colstrip coal-fired power plant in
eastern Montana. The expansion, known as Area F, would allow the mine to expand
to an additional 6,746 acres and extract an additional 70 million tons of coal.
If approved, this expansion could feed the Colstrip plant for more than 20
years and add roughly 140 million tons of C02 into the atmosphere.</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please plan to speak out
against this terrible proposal.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> Climate-change exacerbated wildfires caused a debilitating
plague of smoke to descend on Missoula in 2017, a grave reminder of the
devastation that fossil-fuel burning is causing. Obviously, expanded
coal mining is going in precisely the wrong direction and must be strenuously
opposed.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Citizens' Hearing on Massive Rosebud Coal Mine Expansion near
Colstrip, Montana</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, 7:00 pm</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">The Bitterroot Room, Doubletree Inn, 100 Madison
Street, Missoula, MT<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We hope to see you
there!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">David</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">David Merrill<br>Senior Organizing Representative<br>Sierra Club<br>Missoula, MT<br>(406) 549-1142--office<br><br></div></div>
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