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31 Arrested at West Virginia Anti-Coal Protest

HeadlineJun 24, 2009

Back in the United States, thirty-one people were arrested Tuesday during an anti-coal protest at a mountaintop removal site owned by Massey Energy. The demonstrators refused to leave a road outside a coal storage silo that neighbors an elementary school. Among those arrested were NASA scientist James Hansen, actress Daryl Hannah and former Congress member Ken Hechler.

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