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Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activists Held on $100,000 Bail

HeadlineMay 19, 2010

And in West Virginia, two activists are being held on $100,000 bail each following their arrests protesting mountaintop removal coal mining. The activists, EmmaKate Martin and Benjamin Bryant, were detained after blocking the driveway to Massey Energy’s regional headquarters. The group Climate Ground Zero is calling on Boone County officials to reduce the bail amount.

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