Posts Tagged with "Mountain Justice"

Tree Sit Day 5: Call In Day “Stop the Noise”

Monday, January 25, 2010

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The fight over Coal River Mountain is escalating. Miners are using loud air horn like noises and bright lights to keep the tree-sitters up at all hours in hopes of bring them down. To counter this tactics, the tree-sitters have called the state police (which shut the noise down for a while) and now Climate [...]

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In the Wake of Harrassment and Cold Weather, the Coal River Tree Sits Stays Strong

Friday, January 22, 2010

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The three tree sitters positioned near Massey’s Bee Tree Strip Mine on Coal River Mountain weathered their first night with Massey’s attempts to break them with bright lights and loud noises (those ear plugs come in pretty handy) and cold January weather with no problems at all. Sitting in barren oak trees and a poplar, [...]

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Tree Sitters Occupying Coal River Mountain

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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UPDATE:Ground support held on $1500 bail. They are charged w/ conspiracy & trespass Donate to legal @ http://bit.ly/6tjVsS It’s ON! This is how 2010 begins in the Coal River Valley, with a non-violent bang not a whimper. After almost a year of sustained direct actions in southern West Virginia, three Climate Ground Zero activists scaled [...]

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