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title: Dramatic Action in West Virginia urges an end to Mountaintop Removal Mining
date: 2009-06-25T21:22:58Z
modified: 2009-06-25T21:22:58Z
permalink: "https://350.org/dramatic-action-west-virginia-urges-end-mountaintop-removal-mining/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: Two days ago, our friends and allies in West Virginia helped carry out a
wpid: 4730
author: May Boeve
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Two days ago, our friends and allies in West Virginia helped carry out a [major protest against Mountaintop Removal mining](https://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/06/23/james-hansen-darryl-hannah-former-congressman-arrested-protesting-mountaintop-removal/). Included in the arrests were actress Darryl Hannah, [350 Messenger Dr. James Hansen](https://www.350.org/350-messengers), and a former Republican member of Congress.

The action intended to highlight the terrible grip coal mining has on the health and well-being of the people of West Virginia–but coal’s impacts stretch far beyond even one particular state. Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel, and there’s no way to return to 350 and keep coal part of the planet’s energy mix.