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The injustice coming out of Appalachia these days is deafening. And disturbing. In fact, it’s bat shit crazy. On May 17, two Climate Ground Zero activists, EmmaKate Martin, 18, and Ben Bryant, 23, stopped traffic into Massey’s West Virginia headquarters with a lockdown device known as a tripod. The cops showed up got them out [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
Activists Send Message at Massey Energy Hearing: Coal is Dangerous Washington, D.C. (5/20/10)— Today activists with the Rainforest Action Network attended the 2:00pm Massey Energy hearing before the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committee. RAN activists were present to ensure that Massey’s controversial CEO, Don Blankenship, was held accountable for his role in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 17, 2010
It’s pretty outrageous that a criminal thug like Massey CEO Don Blankenship walks around free (going to the Massey Shareholder’s Meeting tomorrow,) while two non-violent anti-MTR activists are held on $100,000 bail each. I think it and say it over and over, but the criminal justice system there is so corrupted by Big Coal is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
This past week the eyes of the world have been focused on the tragic events at Big Branch mine in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where 29 underground coal miners lost their lives in the most serious US mine disaster in 40 years. Our hearts go out to the community as they cope with such [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
Mike Roselle, co-founder of RAN and Earth First!, now works in southern West Virginia with Climate Ground Zero campaigning against coal companies to end mountaintop removal. Last Thursday, he was released after two weeks in a West Virginia jail for sit-in at Massey’s HQ. Here’s his story: How did they get in here?, Part One. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This Thursday evening, deep in the heart of West Virginia, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be going head-to-head with the fourth largest coal producer in the US- CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship. These two opposing forces will square off on the controversial topic of mountaintop removal coal mining at the Forum on the Future [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
(Posted by Branden for Daryl who joined RAN’s Michael Brune and others to protest MTR in West Virginia last week.) Why would I fly across the country on my own dime knowing I would most likely end up in jail in one of the poorest parts of America? Well, have you ever heard of MTR? [...]
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Monday, May 24, 2010
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