Daryl Hannah, scientist James Hansen arrested at W.Va. mine protest

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

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

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I was there and will post pics in general discussion later tonight

[sasquatch]

1. Bob Kincaid wasn't arrested I hope

:shrug:

[tabasco]

2. Bless her.

Smokin' hot and smart, too! :loveya:

[Alameda]

3. Yes, I always wished John John married her....she is real!

[Psephos]

17. Not quite as real as you might think...

http://thecount.com/2009/03/26/holy-cow-what-happened-to-daryl-hannah/

[rateyes]

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.

[tabasco]

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.

[DaLittle Kitty]

14. I Believe That Mountain Top Removal Actually Decreases The Labor Required To Mine Da Coal!

:think:

[Alameda]

18. Yes, it makes me question Robert Byrd. What is his position?

[Petrushka]

19. Take a gander at " Byrd's position" way-back-when . . .

. . . at the following URL:

http://www.mountaintopmining.com/articles/coalage.htm

[thelordofhell]

5. What's the matter!!?? You never seen a guy arrest a fish before!!??

Get back to work!!

[MasonJar]

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.

[create.peace]

7. thank you thank you thank you!

this is what we need - more body on the line activism.
camp casey alum,
hannah

[ro1942]

8. obama

can't he stop this

[DarthDem]

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.

[Omaha Steve]

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

[quidam56]

11. APPALACHIA CAN'T STAND ANYMORE OF THE PROSPERITY OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL

http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. my pics are up here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5909212

[marylanddem]

15. Thanks - you are doing good work - power to the people.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

16. and footage here

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/48907222.html#

[Omaha Steve]

20. Great news clip

[Blue_Tires]

21. k+r

[Locrian]

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...