There were 20 folks arrested at this action each with a bail of $25,000, for a combined bail of $500,000 — please spread this plea for solidarity. Donate to the Legal Fund here. Help any way you can.
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Take Back a Mountain on July 28!
Check out this message from RAMPS, and get out there! “On Saturday, July 28th, hundreds of us will march onto a strip mine and shut it down. Stand with us as we take action. Concerned community members and activists are preparing to take […]
Continue readingJoin the Mountain Mobilization in West Virginia July 25
Take Direct Action Against Strip Mining via Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS). RSVP on Facebook here. Last week, Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS) stopped nine coal trucks and a coal barge after the Mountain Justice […]
Continue readingPro-Mountain Activists Hold Sit-In, Others Shave Heads to Protest Mountain-top Removal in Appalachia
from Appalachia Rising [UPDATE: 22 arrested in sit-ins. For updates, photos, videos and details on how to support them, visit Appalachia Rising] (Washington, D.C.) — This morning residents from four states severely impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining began sit-ins in protest […]
Continue readingMarch on Blair Mountain to stop MTR Coal Mining, June 5-11, 2011
By Rising Tide North America Dear Friends– If it was easy, they wouldn’t call it a “struggle.” In 1921, 15,000 miners took up arms against the coal industry’s gun thugs and fought for the basic right to live and work in decent […]
Continue readingInternational Coal Group Sued over Selenium Pollution from W. Virginia Mine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Three environmental groups sued coal operator ICG Eastern in federal court Wednesday over a Webster County surface mine they say has been discharging toxic selenium into streams for years. The Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and […]
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