For 9 days 3 tree sitters stopped blasting on a mountain top removal site tha is adjacent to a coal slurry impoundment that is perched over top of a grade school.  It has been proven that if the dam breaks at least a 1,000 WILL die VERY quickly.

It has also been proven that the Mountain they are blowing up for coal would be more profitable to the people and the state as a wind farm.  However once Massey energy blows up this mountain the wind potential will be ruined.

Two tree sitters remain in jail on $2,500 cash-only bail, each, after stopping a blast on Coal River Mountain for nine days. CLICK HERE TO DONATE More info at http://www.climategroundzero.org.

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I'm not expressing my personal feelings about this action publicly.
Here are the demands made of Governor Manchin today.  I'm happy with the demands..

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The Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal ended in a protest and press conference at Massey subsidiary Mammoth Coal Company on US-60, east of Cedar Grove, at 4:00 p.m. on Oct, 12th. Mammoth Coal Company is 25 miles from the march’s starting point at the state capitol in Charleston. At least 28 seniors between the ages of 50 and 88 put their feet to the pavement during the 25 mile walk, including Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountain and Jesse Johnson of the Mountain Party.  The march ended peacefully with no arrests or conflicts.  Baffled by this the army of corporate media teams were then forced to interview the elders about why the had marched and coverage was seen on every local TV station in Charleston.

the 5 day march's 5 video playlist is here
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EEA07AE3D69276F9

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Two young people unfurled a banner which read, “Yes, Coal is Killing West Virginia’s Communities”  off of the Walker CAT building in Belle, W.Va. Saturday afternoon. The youth are affiliated with Climate Ground Zero and say they acted in autonomous solidarity with the Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal, are affiliated with Climate Ground Zero. The marchers passed the Walker CAT building on today’s route.

The March received its first physical harassment today. At 2:00 p.m.  a driver threw a cup of water on Micklem, who says he “took it in  stride.” The march has attracted both support and derision from passerbys. Marchers who so choose still plan to commit an act of non-violent civil disobedience to protest mountaintop removal at the conclusion of the march at Mammoth Coal Company on Monday afternoon.

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After marching for 5 miles today the seniors settled into the Universal Unitarian Church in Charleston for a fine Bus Cooked meal from Everybody's Kitchen & Seeds of Peace.  After the meal Larry Gibson kept the fire of determination lit for over an hour.  I've tried to boil it down to the core of the essential.

Mo'Fo'@
ClimateGroundZero.org

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Day 1 of a 5 day march covering 25 miles from Charleston, WV to
it's end in civil disobedience actions at the front gates of Massey
Energy owned, Mammoth Coal in Cedar Grove, WV.

There will be an update video each day of the March.

Mo'Fo'
http://climategroundzero.org

Security guards, disgusted by the job they were given speak out about amed guards, sleep deprevation, propaganda and terror tactics in the West Virginia Hills.

Coal Stories

Tree-sitters enter their fifth day of stopping the blasting at Massey
Energy’s Edwight mountaintop removal site in the Coal River Valley of
West Virginia.  Today, Sunday, is day 6 and my arrival. '~)

This is the Online Version of the Mountaintop Removal Road Show which has been shown over 600 times in 22 states since 2003 - including over 200 large and small universities such as Duke University, Middlebury College, and Iowa State University, plus many church, community and civic organizations.

There is no charge for the presentation, all speakers are volunteers; however donations and honorariums to defray gas and travel expenses are gratefully accepted.

Now available for school teachers:
Free mountaintop removal DVD and lesson plan. Suitable for grades 7-12.
Send $3 (cash or check payable to "Mountaintop Removal Road Show)
for postage and handling to:
Mountaintop Removal Road Show
608 Allen Ct.
Lexington KY 40505

http://mountainroadshow.com

Hundreds of anti-mountaintop removal activists gathered today at the Marsh Fork Elementary in Sundial, WV, deep in the Appalachian mountains. Hundreds of pro-coal counter protesters also turned out.

Daryl Hannah, NASA climatologist Dr. James Hansen & former Cong. Ken Hechler arrested as well as one local woman, who struck Goldman Environmental Prize winner Judy Bonds in the face.

MO'Fo
http://climategroundzero.org