Earth First! Confronts Destructive Practices of King Coal

January 7, 2007 • Category Actions, Mountaintop Removal, Rising Tide • No Comments

In a Daring Challenge to the Power of the Coal Industry, Activists Blockade Power Plant

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July 10, 2006, Carbo, Virginia - Early this morning, activists with Earth First! and Rising Tide North America set up a non-violent blockade of American Electric Power’s (AEP) nearly 50 year old Clinch River coal fired electric facility. Emitting millions of pounds of pollutants yearly, the Clinch River coal plant threatens the health and lives of thousands of downwind residents and the surrounding environment. Burning coal is not only a primary factor behind global climate change, but also drives the expansion of large scale strip mining. Large scale surface mining destroys forests, streams and communities as it alters the Appalachian landscape forever.

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