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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 05:47 PM
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Daryl Hannah, scientist James Hansen arrested at W.Va. mine protest
Source: The Charleston Gazette

SUNDIAL, W.Va. -- More than two dozen people -- including actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested Tuesday in the latest protest in a growing civil disobedience campaign against mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia.

Thirty-one protesters were charged with obstructing officers and impeding traffic after they sat down in the middle of W.Va. 3 outside Massey Energy's Goals Coal preparation plant in Raleigh County.

Protesters dropped their initial plan to enter the Massey operation, and risk arrest for trespassing, when several hundred coal miners, family members and other industry supporters blocked the entrance to the site. One Massey supporter was also arrested, and charged with battery during a brief confrontation with protesters.

"Tensions were pretty high," said State Police Sgt. Michael Baylous. "But nobody got hurt and we're pleased with that."

Read more: http://wvgazette.com/News/200906230449


I was there and will post pics in general discussion later tonight
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   Bob Kincaid wasn't arrested I hope  sasquatch   Jun-23-09 06:09 PM   #1 
   Bless her.  tabasco   Jun-23-09 06:21 PM   #2 
   Yes, I always wished John John married her....she is real!  Alameda   Jun-23-09 06:26 PM   #3 
      Not quite as real as you might think...  Psephos   Jun-23-09 10:37 PM   #17 
   She's lucky she wasn't killed.  rateyes   Jun-23-09 06:29 PM   #4 
   LOL. Very few miners rely on mountaintop removal for their livelihoods.  tabasco   Jun-23-09 08:12 PM   #9 
      I Believe That Mountain Top Removal Actually Decreases The Labor Required To Mine Da Coal!  DaLittle Kitty   Jun-23-09 09:54 PM   #14 
      Yes, it makes me question Robert Byrd. What is his position?  Alameda   Jun-23-09 11:08 PM   #18 
         Take a gander at " Byrd's position" way-back-when . . .  Petrushka   Jun-24-09 12:37 AM   #19 
   What's the matter!!?? You never seen a guy arrest a fish before!!??  thelordofhell   Jun-23-09 06:41 PM   #5 
   A cause worth going to jail for!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Daryl and Mr Hansen and all of you brave and  MasonJar   Jun-23-09 07:01 PM   #6 
   thank you thank you thank you!  create.peace   Jun-23-09 07:10 PM   #7 
   obama  ro1942   Jun-23-09 07:44 PM   #8 
   Maybe  DarthDem   Jun-23-09 08:56 PM   #12 
   I too thank those in this peaceful protest for Mother Earth  Omaha Steve   Jun-23-09 08:22 PM   #10 
   APPALACHIA CAN'T STAND ANYMORE OF THE PROSPERITY OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL  quidam56   Jun-23-09 08:35 PM   #11 
   my pics are up here  Adenoid_Hynkel   Jun-23-09 09:04 PM   #13 
   Thanks - you are doing good work - power to the people.  marylanddem   Jun-23-09 10:03 PM   #15 
   and footage here  Adenoid_Hynkel   Jun-23-09 10:21 PM   #16 
   Great news clip  Omaha Steve   Jun-24-09 07:10 AM   #20 
   k+r  Blue_Tires   Jun-24-09 09:26 AM   #21 
   sad  Locrian   Jun-24-09 11:20 AM   #22 
 
sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 06:09 PM
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1. Bob Kincaid wasn't arrested I hope
:shrug:
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 06:21 PM
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2. Bless her.
Smokin' hot and smart, too! :loveya:
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Alameda Donating Member (640 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 06:26 PM
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3. Yes, I always wished John John married her....she is real!
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Psephos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 10:37 PM
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17. Not quite as real as you might think...
http://thecount.com/2009/03/26/holy-cow-what-happened-t...
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rateyes (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 06:29 PM
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4. She's lucky she wasn't killed.
I used to live in that part of the world during coal miners' strikes. Miners don't play around with anyone they suspect of trying to take away their livelihoods.

While I agree with the sentiment, and the protest, I still say those protestors are lucky they weren't killed. It's been known to happen.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 08:12 PM
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9. LOL. Very few miners rely on mountaintop removal for their livelihoods.
Most everybody in WV is against this shit.

Robert Byrd issued a statement saying he was "re-examining" his position on the issue.
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 09:54 PM
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14. I Believe That Mountain Top Removal Actually Decreases The Labor Required To Mine Da Coal!
:think:
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Alameda Donating Member (640 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 11:08 PM
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18. Yes, it makes me question Robert Byrd. What is his position?
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Petrushka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jun-24-09 12:37 AM
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19. Take a gander at " Byrd's position" way-back-when . . .
. . . at the following URL:

http://www.mountaintopmining.com/articles/coalage.htm
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thelordofhell (397 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 06:41 PM
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5. What's the matter!!?? You never seen a guy arrest a fish before!!??
Get back to work!!
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 07:01 PM
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6. A cause worth going to jail for!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Daryl and Mr Hansen and all of you brave and
wonderful advocates for the environment, for standing tall. I wish you were in Congress or the White House.
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create.peace Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 07:10 PM
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7. thank you thank you thank you!
this is what we need - more body on the line activism.
camp casey alum,
hannah
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ro1942 Donating Member (530 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 07:44 PM
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8. obama
can't he stop this
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DarthDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 08:56 PM
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12. Maybe

Some complicated state-federal sovereignty issues to sort through there if the federal government wanted to intervene. I'm pretty sure (but I'm no expert on mining issues, so I welcome a correction by someone with much more knowledge) that the EPA or the Energy Department would have to seek an injunction through the courts; I don't think the White House could block this sort of thing through executive action.

Good for Darryl Hannah. She's quite courageous in her advocacy.
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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jun-23-09 08:22 PM
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10. I too thank those in this peaceful protest for Mother Earth

I've posted several times about mountain top removal in Energy/Environment. I hope no one was injured in the scuffle.

OS
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11. APPALACHIA CAN'T STAND ANYMORE OF THE PROSPERITY OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL
http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 09:04 PM
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13. my pics are up here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-23-09 10:03 PM
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15. Thanks - you are doing good work - power to the people.
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16. and footage here
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/48907222.html#
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20. Great news clip
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21. k+r
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22. sad



I know its their jobs and all, but with all the fierceness they display here, when the time comes and the company tosses them aside, they meekly go away...
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