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Posted: 3:39 PM Apr 16, 2009
5 More Ticketed for Protest at Massey Mine
An environmental group says five more people have been ticketed for trespassing at a Massey Energy surface mine in West Virginia.
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SUNDIAL, W.Va. (AP) - An environmental group says five more people have been ticketed for trespassing at a Massey Energy surface mine in West Virginia.
Climate Ground Zero says state troopers ticketed the five Thursday at Massey's Edwight Surface Mine in Raleigh County, about 84 miles south of Charleston.
The group says the mine's coal slurry pond endangers nearby Marsh Fork Elementary School. Massey's desire to add a second coal storage silo to an existing one about 300 feet from the school has sparked protests and lawsuits.
Thursday's protest was the fifth recent instance of civil disobedience targeting surface mining in West Virginia.
A spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Massey had no immediate comment. The company mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Posted by: think before you comment
on Apr 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Worship GOD!!!!!! Not a tree.
Posted by: Olivia
on Apr 18, 2009 at 05:06 PM
To "Kit" - Do you realize they are mining coal in many parts of Asia? We could start getting our coal from there if we're not careful... And "Joan" - your comment is quite simply idiotic. You sound like an uneducated moron.
Posted by: kit
on Apr 18, 2009 at 06:59 AM
i agree with everyone on this page, both sides. i work for massey. i admit they have done some bad things but i will tell you they do a lot more good than bad.but the main thing about coal? the jobs can't be boxed up and sent to another country.
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