Mountain Justice Fall Summit on Kayford Mountain
After a successful mobilization a few weeks ago in Washington D.C., the mountain justice movement is meeting again this weekend for Mountain Justice Fall Summit on Kayford Mountain, West Virginia….
Big Brother and King Coal
The guys at Climate Ground Zero are feeling a little frisky this week. Check out this funny response to an intelligence bulletin about anti-coal activists put out by the Dept….
Oh Hells Yeah! Anti-MTR Activists Take Action Against Failed Regulatory Agency
This morning two anti-MTR activists, associated with Climate Ground Zero, locked down in Charleston at the West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection offices. Activists Block Entrance to DEP Headquarters, Condemn…
Activists Stop Strip Mining Machine on Coal River Mountain
“It was usually around July you could go up there and sit and it was like the annual bear gathering up there… The whole area was full of laurels. The…
The New Battle of Blair Mountain
Massey doesn’t give a shit. Every day, their mountaintop removal mining operations destroy a little more of our natural heritage. It depopulates communities. It poisons the ground water. Their underground…
Climate Ground Zero Activists Bail Reduced from $100K to $2500
A quick follow up to last week’s story in West Virginia about the two non violent activists held with excessive bond of $100,000. Climate Ground Zero’s legal team got a…
West Virginia Court Violates 8th Amendment Rights
The injustice coming out of Appalachia these days is deafening. And disturbing. In fact, it’s bat shit crazy. On May 17, two Climate Ground Zero activists, EmmaKate Martin, 18, and…
Two Anti-MTR Non-Violent Activists in West Virginia Held on $100,000 bail each
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…
Massey’s War on the First Amendment
I often post details on various Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice actions happening in the Coal River Valley and other parts of West Virginia and Appalachia. It’s often a…