Thursday, August 26, 2010
Climate Ground Zero Protesters Arrested
WEST VIRGINIA....
Two protesters, Joseph Hamsher of Charleston and Sarah Willner of Oakland, Calif., associated with Climate Ground Zero were arrested Thursday morning after they chained themselves to a concrete filled barrel with the slogan "Dept of Easy Permits" at the entrance of the parking lot to the state Department of Environmental Protection's headquarters in Charleston. They were charged with trespassing, obstruction and disrupting government processes. Climate Ground Zero says the two activists were protesting what they believe is the DEP's failure to enforce the Clean Water Act by permitting mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia.
Two protesters, Joseph Hamsher of Charleston and Sarah Willner of Oakland, Calif., associated with Climate Ground Zero were arrested Thursday morning after they chained themselves to a concrete filled barrel with the slogan "Dept of Easy Permits" at the entrance of the parking lot to the state Department of Environmental Protection's headquarters in Charleston. They were charged with trespassing, obstruction and disrupting government processes. Climate Ground Zero says the two activists were protesting what they believe is the DEP's failure to enforce the Clean Water Act by permitting mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia.
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