Hi-Tech Advocacy in Action

Hitt says, at its simplest, the goal of the campaign is to spread the word about mountaintop removal, with the hope that this will round up supporters who eventually will take more action.

“People are much more inclined to sign up to help spread the word or to receive more information than they are to write to their congress person,” she says. “And so part of the concept of it is, ultimately, to stop mountaintop removal we’re going to have to pass legislation at the federal level, and that is going to require a very strong network of people from all over the country to do that. So we’re building that network of people.”