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West Virginia Mine Tree-Sit Enters Fifth Day

HeadlineJan 25, 2010

Three anti-coal activists in West Virginia have entered their fifth day of a tree-sit as part of an effort to shut down a mountaintop removal site run by the mining giant Massey Energy. The three activists are perched atop platforms on trees on Coal River Mountain.

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