Pro-Mountaintop Removal Mining counter -protesters repeatedly verbally attacked members of the cloth who were present to express their concerns about the human and environmental devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining.The protest rally at Marsh Fork Elementary School featured musicans and speakers -- both were constantly interrupted by the counter-protesters throughout the day. The peaceful demonstrators marched in silence, two by two, towards the Massey Energy-operated Goals Coal...
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Pro-Mountaintop Removal Mining counter -protesters repeatedly verbally attacked members of the cloth who were present to express their concerns about the human and environmental devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining.The protest rally at Marsh Fork Elementary School featured musicans and speakers -- both were constantly interrupted by the counter-protesters throughout the day. The peaceful demonstrators marched in silence, two by two, towards the Massey Energy-operated Goals Coal Plant, where about 200 coal miners and their wives were waiting for the peaceful protesters, including NASA scientist James Hansen, actor and activist Daryl Hannah, and 94 year old West Virginia statesman Ken Hechler, who were among the 29 people arrested.
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