Saturday, October 31, 2009
Mine Protestors Stage Sit-In
While federal regulators are considering scientific evidence showing what effect mine valley fill-ins have on the entire ecosystem, mountaintop mining protestors are bent on ending what they say is the most destructive form of mining. Friday, activists with Mountaintop Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups gathered forces, for the third time since June, in national protests, while demanding an end to mountaintop removal mining in Applachia. While some groups targeted a New Jersey office of JP Morgan Chase, a bank environmentalists say is the mining industry's largest financier, and protestors in Philadelphia hurled a banner declaring "Coal is Over," thirteen activists staged a nearly four-hour sit-in at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., while 75 activists rallied outside the building. The Washington protest ended when police indicated they were ready to begin arrests.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:09 AM 
