Virginia Residents March to Celebrate Ison Rock Ridge and Protest Mountain’s Pending Demise
Ison Rock Ridge is a mountain in southwest Virginia under attack by coal companies seeking to blow the top off of it for seams of coal. Today in Appalachia, VA,…
Appalachia Needs You! Join Mountain Justice May 20th-27th
Last Saturday at Powershift 2011, climate activist Tim DeChristopher challenged the climate movement to join Appalachian groups in their campaign to stop mountaintop removal. He called for waves of activists,…
Appalachian Activist Fights Mountaintop Removal with Purpose
Some great news. RAN’s longtime friend and ally, Bo Webb of the Coal River Valley, has won the prestigious Purpose Prize for his efforts in ending mountaintop removal. The Purpose…
Mountain Justice For Appalachia
It was only 5 years ago, that a group of Appalachian residents, southeastern Earth First!ers, students, crusty punks, environmentalists and many others came together for the first Mountain Justice Summer…
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…
We All Heart Mountains
It’s time to celebrate the official “I Love Mountains” Day today. Today in the capitols of Kentucky and Virginia, coalfield residents, coal miners and people from all over Appalachia will…
Letter from a West Virginia Jail
Last week, Eric Blevins came down from a nine day tree-sit on Coal River Mountain. He then spent a couple of days in jail. While in jail, he wrote this…
King Coal Sues Tree-sitters in Federal Court
The nine day Coal River Mountain tree-sit that ended on Friday has entered a new phase. Mining giant Massey Energy has filed for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in federal…
Nine-Day Tree Sit Ends at Coal River Mountain
After enduring over a week of ice and rain, mind-numbing noise abuse and harassment by Massey security, Eric and Amber came down today. The Climate Ground Zero tree sitters vowed…
Coal River Tree Sit Continues As Does the Noise Abuse; Gov. Manchin Asked to Help
After almost a week of preventing blasting on Coal River Mountain, tree-sitters with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice still continue to prevent Massey’s blasting near the Bee Tree site….