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Two Activists Arrested Disrupting Coal Giant Massey Energy's Shareholder's Meeting

Banner Saying "Stop Putting Profits Over People" Deployed in Meeting

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Activists disrupted the annual general meeting of criminal corporation Massey Energy this morning in Richmond, VA. Two of the group were arrested as they demanded an end to Massey’s reckless disregard for human life, community health, and the environment.

As shareholders entered their meeting in the main ballroom of the sheik Jefferson Hotel, activists occupied the adjacent rotunda, chanting loudly and draping a massive banner over the ornate mezzanine railings. The 10’ x 10’ hand-painted banner read, “Massey – Stop Putting Profits Over People!”

Two Anti-MTR Non-Violent Activists in West Virginia Held on $100,000 bail each

Activists Given Outrageous Bails While Criminal CEO Blankenship Walks Free

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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 just makes me sick at heart.

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Climate Ground Zero Blockades Coal Giant Massey's HQ in West Virginia

“Stop Putting Profits Over People & Mountains,” say Protestors Blocking Road to Massey Regional HQ in Boone County

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UPDATE: Blockade is down.  Activists in custody.

Read the letter from the blockaders to Massey shareholders.


Student Power Ends Coal Power at University of North Carolina

Chancellor Agrees to Phase Coal out by 2020

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Exciting news at the University of North Carolina (UNC).  Coal Free-UNC won their campaign this week.  UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp agreed to phase the campus off of coal by 2020. 

Pretty exciting to be chiseling away at Big Coal piece by piece.

Climate Ground Zero Activist Sentenced to 60 Days

Three Contempt Charges for Roselle

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You’d think the criminal justice system in West Virginia would have better things to do. Something like investigating criminal safety violations by it’s outlaw coal companies.

Activist Sentenced to 60 Days; Three Contempt Charges for Roselle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 4/28/10


Five Arrested at Valmont Power Plant in Colorado

Boulder Activists Unfurl Banner and Erect Wind Turbines on Top of Giant Coal Pile

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UPDATE: Everyone is out of jail charged with a misdemeanor trespass.

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Things are heating up in the Rockies!

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Boulder Activists Unfurl Banner and Erect Wind Turbines on Top of Giant
Coal Pile


Mountain-a-lujah! There’s a Mountain in My Lobby!

On the Streets with Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping

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What do you do if someone puts a whole mountain in your lobby?

That’s the big question that the coal finance monkeys at Chase keep asking themselves now that their love affair with mountaintop removal (MTR) has drawn the attention of Rev. Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping.


King Coal's "Green" Patron

Environmental Defense Fund Billionaire Board Member Invested Millions in Massey Energy

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There’s an old mining ballad has been on my mind a lot lately.  One of the lines goes “Which side are you on? which side are you on? Oh workers can you stand it? Oh tell me how you can?  Will you be a lousy scab? Or will you be a man?“  Classic narrative of the have’s vs.

May 6 Day of Action Against Chase’s Mountaintop Removal Investments

Coalition of Environmental and Community Groups Call on Chast to Stop Funding MTR

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Chase: Stop Funding MTR

May 6 Day of Action Against Chase’s Mountaintop Removal Investments

Join Rainforest Action Network and allies all over Appalachia and the country in stopping Chase’s investments in mountaintop removal.


Bird-Dogging the Coal Barons

Peabody's Boyce Explains to Congress that Clean Coal is the Solution to Global Warming

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Being an anti-coal activist leaves you with mixed emotions.  Frustration, anger, triumph, joy, sadness and, of course, amazement at the ability of the coal industry to get away with spinning their offensive bull#*@t into mainstream consciousness.


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