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July 16, 2010

Activists Shut Down West Virginia Coal Mine
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A highwall miner in West Virginia has been shut down after activists
locked themselves to mining equipment on Coal River Mountain. On
Thursday, two members of the groups 
Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice chained themselves to equipment
at Massey Energy’s Bee Tree Surface Mine alongside a banner reading
"Save Coal River Mountain." The activists say they’re protesting dangers
at the Brushy Fork Sludge Impoundment, which they say would engulf
downstream communities with toxic coal waste in the event of a collapse.



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