Taking a Stand at Coal River Mountain
This morning five activists were arrested after locking down to an excavator on Coal River Mountain. They had giant banners that read “Save Coal River Mountain” and “Wind Mills NOT Toxic Spills.” See the photos.
See the video here.
See the pictures.
Later in the afternoon, eight more activists were arrested after crossing onto Massey property to deliver a letter to the company. A crowd of over 50 witnessed the second wave of arrests.
Coal River Mountain is slated for a 6,600-acre mountaintop removal site, but local residents have developed plans for a wind farm there instead. The wind farm would provide over a million dollars more in tax revenue per year than the mountaintop removal site, and would provide jobs and clean energy forever. Citizens have been working to convince West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to support their plan for their community, but they’re running out of time.
That’s why we need your help! You can join us by calling Gov. Manchin at 1-888-438-2731 and / or using our simple web form to email the governor. Tell him that West Virginia and the nation are ready for a clean energy future, and that he MUST Stop the Blasting! on Coal River Mountain. E-mails are great, but calls are better!
Please support this effort by donating funds here.
9 Responses to “Taking a Stand at Coal River Mountain”
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February 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
PLease be forward thinking and do not allow the mountain top removal to happen.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:56 am
How, in good conscience can our government allow this kind of devistation to humans and the environment? This has to stop.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
WE’RE URGING YOU TO NOT REMOVE COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN TOP WHICH WILL BE DEVASTATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS OUT-DATED METHOD IS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY HOWEVER WE ARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY WHERE A WIND FARM IS THE NORM.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Love your planet, don’t destroy it more than what it has already been destroyed
February 11th, 2009 at 10:19 am
[...] plotting to destroy Appalachia’s mountains (case in point, Coal River Mountain). Last week, Roselle joined with 13 others, in the tradition of King and Gandhi, in putting their bodies on the line to stop mountaintop [...]
February 11th, 2009 at 10:48 am
[...] plotting to destroy Appalachia’s mountains (case in point, Coal River Mountain). Last week, Roselle joined with 13 others, in the tradition of King and Gandhi, in putting their bodies on the line to stop mountaintop [...]
February 12th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Wind and geothermal are the way, not destructive coal.
February 12th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Wind and geothermal are the future–NOT COAL.
April 9th, 2009 at 10:52 am
We need to stop using coal, and go to geothermal heating. etc., with rebates giving to homeowmers to have this installed.