RAN Activists Send Message to Massey CEO Don Blankenship

Posted July 22, 2010 in The Understory

RAN activists just disrupted Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s talk at the National Press Club sending him a strong message:“Your coal is not Clean, Safe or Forever.” They were eventually escorted…

The New Battle of Blair Mountain

Posted June 28, 2010 in The Understory

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…

West Virginia Court Violates 8th Amendment Rights

Posted May 24, 2010 in The Understory

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…

Climate Ground Zero Activist Sentenced to 60 Days

Posted April 28, 2010 in The Understory

Last Thursday, Jacqueline Quimby got 60 days for blocking a Massey haul road back in Oct (see below.) You’d think the criminal justice system in West Virginia would have better…

How Did They Get In Here? Part One

Posted March 8, 2010 in The Understory

Mike Roselle, co-founder of RAN and Earth First!, now works in southern West Virginia with Climate Ground Zero campaigning against coal companies to end mountaintop removal. Last Thursday, he was…

Help Sustain Direct Action in the Coalfields of Appalachia

Posted February 26, 2010 in The Understory

You may remember that last June 23, dozens of activists, including myself, organized a daring action to shut down one of Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal sites in West Virginia. That…