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Four Arrested at Mountain Removal Protest in Tennessee

HeadlineJul 22, 2008

In other environmental news, police in Tennessee arrested four activists Sunday at a protest against mountaintop removal mining on Zeb Mountain in eastern Tennessee. The activists were arrested after they crossed onto the property of the National Coal Corporation. Environmental groups say National Coal has already destroyed more than 1,300 acres of Zeb Mountain. Eric Blevins of Oak Ridge, Tennessee was one of the activists arrested. He said, “I crossed an artificial line today, because Appalachia is my homeland, and its life is being destroyed far faster than it can regenerate.”

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