Now two of the three activists arrested last week at the Marfork Coal Company’s offices are fighting back against their excessive bails ($5000 for two and $7500 for the third activist, Mike Roselle).
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Two Jailed Pro-Mountain Activists Stage Hunger Strike Against Excessive Bail
Non-violent activists receiving higher bails than violent offenders
Internet to Chase: Stop Destroying the Mountains!
Put Chase on the Run; Social Media Day of Action Starts on Feb. 18
Seattle Loves Mountains (Not King Coal or His Dirty Bankers at Chase)
Activists Put Chase Under Siege in Seattle
Chase is currently the biggest U.S. funder of mountaintop removal.
Here’s a reportback from activist Duff Badgley:
CHASE BANK UNDER SIEGE—THE FIGHT CONTINUES
Chicago Loves Mountains (not King Coal or his Wall Street bankers at Chase)
Chicago RAN Activists Jam Chase’s Brand
Activists with RAN Chicago attached a banner to Chase's HQ in downtown Chicago. This was part of an escalating campaign in the Windy City to expose Chase's financing of destructive mountaintop coal mining in central Appalachia.
Letter from a West Virginia Jail
Reflections from the Coal River Mountain tree-sit
King Coal’s Top Lobbyist to Meet Obama
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin Advocating to Save Mountaintop Removal
Manchin has been a major obstacle in ending mountaintop removal (MTR) in West Virginia and rails publicly against Obama's Environmental Protection Agency taking stronger action to regulate and ban the practice.
King Coal Sues Coal River MountainTree-Sitters in Federal Court
As campaign escalates so do the legal battles
The nine day Coal River Mountain tree-sit that ended on Friday has entered a new phase. Mining giant Massey Energy has filed for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in federal court and sued five activists that were part of the action for $75,000 in damages. Ken Ward from the WV Gazette posted the opinion here.
Nine-Day Tree Sit Ends at Coal River Mountain
Sitters Vow Not Over Until Blasting Stops
After enduring over a week of ice and rain, mind-numbing noise abuse and harassment by Massey security, Eric and Amber came down today. The Climate Ground Zero tree sitters vowed that the fight to save Coal River Mountain and stop mountaintop removal is far from over.
Four Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activists Arrested at Home
West Virginia State Police Arrest Activists on "Old" Charges
Iran is not the only place where government agencies are trying to disrupt organizers advocating for change.
Hundreds Rally to Save Coal River Mountain Today
Robert F. Kennedy Joins Coalfield Residents at WV Dept. of Environmental Protection
Today over 300 coalfield residents and their allies rallied to stop the blasting of Coal River Mountain and to transition to a clean energy future at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Coal River Mountain, the site of a proposed wind farm if blasting can be halted, has become a line in the sand in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining.
