Protesters Shut Down Largest Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine in U.S.

Ramp­ing up renewed efforts to end moun­tain­top removal min­ing in cen­tral Appalachia, scores of pro­test­ers staged a dar­ing action at the con­tro­ver­sial

Ramp­ing up renewed efforts to end moun­tain­top removal min­ing in cen­tral Appalachia, scores of pro­test­ers staged a dar­ing action at the con­tro­ver­sial Hobet strip mine today in Boone Coun­ty, West Vir­ginia, shut­ting down oper­a­tions through a series of coor­di­nat­ed lock downs, tree-sits and ban­ner drops. In a sym­bol­ic chal­lenge to the Oba­ma administration’s failed reg­u­la­to­ry poli­cies, the protest tar­get­ed the Hobet 45 moun­tain­top removal mine, which had been grant­ed a wide­ly denounced per­mit over two years ago.”

Twen­ty pro­test­ers were arrest­ed, and are being held for a total of $500,00 dol­lars in bail. A call for sup­port to raise funds has been issued.

View a video of the action here. Learn more at rampscampaign.org.