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On the heels of the documtary, "Coal Country," a group of big-named country and pop-crossover musicians has started a website entitled, MusicSavesMountains.org:

Music Saves Mountains brings together country legends like Emmylou Harris and Randy Travis with pop-rock crossovers like Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. Says laid-back country artist Big Kenny: "The beauty of the Appalachian Mountains has inspired countless songs in country, bluegrass, gospel and folk music, and we must do everything possible to protect them."

They've got decent funding from the National Resources Defense Council and the Gibson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Gibson Guitar. They've included a link for emailing Congresspeople to end the practice of mountaintop removal mining -- "a form of coal mining that requires blasting mountaintops and has left a terrible environmental legacy. More than a million acres of Appalachia across Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia have been leveled, and over 1,000 miles of streams have been polluted or destroyed."

The NRDC has a site devoted to this issue, and a trailer from "Coal Country," can be viewed here. A review of "Coal Country" can be viewed here, as well.

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