Actor Daryl Hannah and Nasa climate scientist James Hansen were among 31 people arrested [on June 23] as they protested against mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.
State police sergeant Michael Baylous said all were released after being cited for impeding traffic and obstructing an officer after they blocked a road near a Massey Energy subsidiary's coal processing plant.
Hansen, director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, criticised President Barack Obama's administration for not banning the practice, although the administration does plan to tighten regulations.
for complete article:
2009/06/24
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
James Hansens remarks at Coal River Mountain, and the Declaration of the demonstrators, are available at:
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/
A Plea To President Obama: End Mountaintop Coal Mining
Tighter restrictions on mountaintop removal mining are simply not enough. Instead, a leading climate scientist argues, the Obama administration must prohibit this destructive practice, which is devastating vast stretches of Appalachia.
for complete article:
by James Hansen
2009/06/22
http://e360.yale.edu/content/
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