hundreds of Mountain Justice Summer participants in our
campaign to support people like 80-year-old Inez Gallimore
in her efforts to protect the land and people of southern
Appalachia from the incredibly destructive, and often
irreversible, processes involved in Mountain Top Removal.
Mountain Justice Summer, a non-violent campaign being waged
in Appalachia, will consist of listening projects, outreach,
water monitoring and resistance to Mountain Top Removal
through attendance to public hearings and non-violent direct
action.
Yesterday's event demonstrated the growing strength of an
increasingly widespread effort among West Virginians and
Appalachians who are resisting the destruction of their land
and communities in the name of corporate profit. The action
was "A show down in coal town between parents and a
corporate giant" said the regional news report. In closing
the segment they remarked "Here's another one boys, this
will be going on all summer." It could not have gone better
and it was only the beginning of what is sure to play an
important role in the historic struggle to protect the land
and people of Appalachia.
Coal River Valley residents' demands:
* That Massey shut down the prep plant and cease its
Mountaintop Removal mining above the school
Immediately;
* That Marsh Fork Elementary School be cleaned up or
that a
safe, new school be built in their community;
* That Massey withdraw its application for the second
coal
loading silo behind the school;
* That Massey stop blasting their homes because
residents have
a right to be safe and secure;
* And that Massey shut down its surface mine sites and
invest
in truesustainable energy.
Mountain Justice Summer (MJS) seeks to add to the growing
anti-moutain top removal (MTR) citizens movement.
Specifically MJS demands an abolition of MTR, steep slope
strip mining and all other forms of surface mining for coal.
We want to protect the cultural and natural heritage of the
Appalachia coal fields. We want to contribute with
grassroots organizing, public education, nonviolent civil
disobedience and other forms of citizen action.
Historically coal companies have engaged in violence and
property destruction when faced with citizen opposition to
their activities. MJS is committed to nonviolence and will
not be engaged in property destruction.
To let them know how you feel, contact:
Massey Energy
(destroyer of mountains, waterways and communities in WV and
KY; also viciously anti-union)
4 North 4th Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 888.424.2417, 804.788.1824
Some of Massey's top managers:
katherine.kenny@masseyenergyco.com,john.parker@masseyenergyco.com
,
michael.allen@masseyenergyco.com,steve.sears@masseyenergyco.com
,
gary.smith@masseyenergyco.com,gary.temple@masseyenergyco.com
,
tom.kielty@masseyenergyco.com,thomas.dougherty@masseyenergyco.com
West Virginia Coal Association
P.O. Box 3923, Charleston, WV 25339
Phone: 304.342.4153 Fax: 304.342.7651
President - Bill Raney (braney@wvcoal.com), Senior VP –
Chris Hamilton (chamilton@wvcoal.com), VP – Dan Miller
(dmiller@wvcoal.com), Regulatory Affairs - Jason Bostic
(jbostic@wvcoal.com), Administrative Assistant - Sandi
Davison (sdavison@wvcoal.com)
Friends of Coal
P.O. Box 3923 Charleston, WV 25339
1.866.982.2625
Contact mountainjusticesummer@gmail.com and visit
www.mountainjusticesummer.org for more information