Mountain Justice Protest at West Virginia State Capitol

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From: http://www.youtube.com/user/EyeOnTheGround/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=list

Friday, March 15th, 2013
WV Anti-Mountaintop Removal and Fracking Activists Unite for First Joint Capitol Rally Ever

The movement against extreme energy and extraction in Appalachia is uniting like never before. This morning, over a hundred coalfield and gasfield activists and youth allies from across the country stormed the Capitol building in Charleston, WV, and spoke clearly and in one voice against the industries which are poisoning communities.

The protest started out in the Capitol courtyard and was led by local residents.
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Activists at today’s protest also expressed their anger at a recent onslaught of proposed legislation, which would undercut West Virginia’s already meek pollution control standards, such as HB 2579, which would slash water safeguards for selenium poisoning. Protesters pointed to the all-but-defeated resource planning bill (HB 2803), which would encourage the use of energy efficiency measures to create jobs and meet electricity demand, as a far more appropriate course of action for the state legislature.
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via http://rampscampaign.org/wv-anti-mountaintop-removal-and-fracking-activists-unite-for-first-joint-capitol-rally-ever/



Anyone in West Virginia speaking against coal companies is a courageous person in my book. It's a lot harder to do this stuff in WV than in NY.