Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment

Originating in the coalfield areas of Tennessee and called the strip-mine committee, the E3 Committee was designed to help effected citizens deal with problems associated with strip-mining and other radical mining practices. Through the years, committee issues have expanded to include a wide variety of natural resources protection issues.

Tell Governor Haslam to PUT AN END to Mountaintop Removal

Over the past 30 years, mountaintop removal coal mining has destroyed more than 500 mountains and buried over 2,000 miles of rivers and streams. SOCM has been fighting mountaintop removal and other destructive strip mining practices throughout our 40 years of existence. We Need Your Help Now!