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4 Arrested Protesting Massey Energy

HeadlineSep 10, 2009

In West Virginia, four activists have been arrested after blocking a road outside the offices of the coal company Massey Energy. The protesters are being held on $5,000 bail. It was the latest act of civil disobedience by the group Climate Ground Zero, following a recent week-long tree sit that temporarily halted work at a Massey mountaintop removal site.

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