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Activists disrupt Blankenship at National Press Club

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
posted by charles

From our friends over at Rainforest Action Network:

RAN activists just disrupted Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s talk at the National Press Club sending him a strong message:“Your coal is not Clean, Safe or Forever.” They were eventually escorted out by security.

Pics soon. You can see live video at http://press.org/events/npc-luncheon-don-blankenship

Washington, D.C. (7/22/10)— Today activists with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) attended Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s National Press Club speaking event. RAN was there to call attention to Massey’s repeated mine safety violations, including the April 5 Upper Big Branch mine explosion in which 29 miners tragically died, as well as the company’s lead role in mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR). Blankenship has gained quite a reputation for his company’s mine safety violations as well as his indifference to environmental protection and climate change.

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Video, highwall miner shut down, $12,000 bail

Thursday, July 15th, 2010
posted by bfbryant

Katie Huszcza, Colin Flood, Jimmy Tobias, and Sophie Kern, activists with Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero were arrested last night and are held on a collective $12,000 bail. They were participating in an act of non-violent civil disobedience against the destructive and irresponsible practice of mountain top removal by locking themselves to a high wall miner on Coal River Mountain.

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Sit-In at EPA Headquarters to protest Pine Creek Permit

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
posted by admin

Our Friends from Rainforest Action Network staged a sit-in this morning at EPA Headquarters, where activists occupied the lobby and used metal lock boxes to lock themselves together.  The sit-in was to bring attention to EPA’s 
newly approved Pine Creek mountaintop removal permit in Logan County, West Virginia.  This was a horrendous first decision,after last April it was anticipated that the EPA was going to be enforcing stricter MTR guidelines.

Photo by Chris Eichler Copyright Rainforest Action Network

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Photo Essay: Kayford Mountain Lock Down

Sunday, May 24th, 2009
posted by antrim

8 Activists Arrested at Kayford Mountain Lock Down
Antrim Caskey

Kayford, WV — Eight activists with a coalition of groups including Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero walked on to the Patriot Coal mountaintop removal coal operation on Larry Gibson’s Kayford mountain in the early morning hours of March 23, 2009. Six of the protestors locked themselves, in groups of three, to a piece of massive earth moving equipment–referred to as a Yuke–with tires 24′ tall and hung a banner reading “Never Again” on the machine. The activists locked down for five hours. Ten officers from three different state and county authorities responded to the protest on Kayford, the largest number of people to be arrested during this sustained campaign of non violent civil disobedience that began in February, 2009.

The eight activists arrested include Kim Kirkbride, Ash-Lee Henderson, Tanya Turner, Jared Story, Willie Dodson, Will Wickham, Mathew Louis-Rosenberg, and Glenn Collins.

The activists were arrested and taken to Boone County seat at Madison, were processed and released on their own recognizances.




Kayford Mountain Action, May 23, 2009 - Images by antrim caskey

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8 activists arrested on Kayford Mountain

Sunday, May 24th, 2009
posted by antrim


Will Wickham, Glenn Collins, Jared Story, Willie Dodson and other activists with Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero are taken into custody after a 5 hour lock down to machinery on Patriot Coal's operation on Kayford Mountain. Three state authorities arrived on the scene: 6 Kanawha Sheriffs, 2 Boone County sheriffs and 2 WV state troopers.  The protestors were taken to the Boone County seat at Madison and released on their own recognizances.  photograph (c) Antrim Caskey, 2009

Will Wickham, Glenn Collins, Jared Story, Willie Dodson, Mathew Louis-Rosenberg, Kim Kirkbride, Ash-Lee Henderson and Tanya Turner, activists with Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero, are taken into custody after a 5 hour lock down to machinery on Patriot Coal's operation on Kayford Mountain. Three state authorities arrived on the scene: 6 Kanawha Sheriffs, 2 Boone County sheriffs and 2 WV state troopers. The protestors were taken to the Boone County seat at Madison and released on their own recognizances. photograph (c) Antrim Caskey, 2009


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Operation Appalachian Spring (OAS)

Monday, April 27th, 2009
posted by antrim

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4:55pm: Massey’s Blasting Again on Cherry Pond Mountain at Clays Branch

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
posted by antrim


At 4:55pm today, March 11, a large blast detonated on the Massey Energy-owned Edwight mountaintop removal site in southern West Virginia. The blast spewed a dark gritty dust all over Peachtree hollow.  photograph by Antrim Caskey

At 4:55pm today, March 11, a large blast detonated on the Massey Energy-owned Edwight mountaintop removal site in southern West Virginia. The blast spewed a dark gritty dust all over Peachtree hollow. The homes in the foreground are in upper Naoma. photograph by Antrim Caskey


Video Report to come.

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Quote of the Day

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
posted by antrim

From the Charleston Gazette, Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Readers’ Voice column, p. 3A ( #11 comment)

“The moment someone says “Tree hugging” you know a coal company owns their soul.”


The Coal industry has spent tens of millions of dollars on a multi-platform public relations campaign to clean up coal's image.

The Coal industry has spent tens of millions of dollars on a multi-platform public relations campaign to clean up coal's image. photograph (c) Antrim Caskey, 2008


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Non Violent Civil Disobedience Stops Work on Cherry Pond Mountain in the Coal River Valley, southern West Virginia

Monday, February 16th, 2009
posted by antrim


“We don’t feel like our trespass is nearly as serious as what they’re doing to West Virginia,” Roselle says. “We want this stopped. And we’re going to do whatever we can.”Mike Roselle and James McGuinness halt the movement of coal off Cherry Pond Mountain.

Mike Roselle and James McGuinness halt the movement of coal off Cherry Pond Mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Very close to this MTR site sits 2.8 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge, precariously perched above the Marsh Fork Elementary School in Sundial, WV. This Massey Energy-owned MTR site puts the lives of Coal River Valley residents at risk. Residents contend that blasting will further destabalize the sludge impoundment, while fly rock and rock dust shower the neighboring hollows of Naoma. photograph by Antrim Caskey


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Protesters Shut Down Mountaintop Removal Site

Monday, February 16th, 2009
posted by antrim


“This is a crime against nature”, said James McGuinness, “It is not only illegal, it is immoral.” “They have no right to destroy this mountain.”Mike Roselle and James McGuinness of Climate Ground Zero protest on the Massey Energy-owned Edwight MTR site.  They were cited for criminal trespass by WV State Police and released without incident.

Mike Roselle and James McGuinness of Climate Ground Zero protest on the Massey Energy-owned Edwight MTR site. They were cited for criminal trespass by WV State Police and released without incident. photograph by Climate Ground Zero


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