Activists yesterday chained themselves to railroad tracks to block a train carrying coal to Duke Energy’s Marshall coal plant in Catawba County near Terell, NC.
(Photo courtesy of Greenpeace)
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Activists yesterday chained themselves to railroad tracks to block a train carrying coal to Duke Energy’s Marshall coal plant in Catawba County near Terell, NC.
(Photo courtesy of Greenpeace)
Greenpeace activists supplied this shot of their morning mission to climb a coal-supply ramp and hoist a banner calling for Progress and Duke Energy to “stop destroying mountains.”
The North Carolina Writers’ Network brings its fall conference to the Doubletree Hotel in Biltmore this weekend, Nov. 18 – 20, attracting hundreds of writers from around the country and providing a rich slate of activities, including a keynote presentation by award-winning author and activist Silas House, perhaps best known for his opposition to the mountaintop removal mining.
A public event at A-B Tech’s Simpson Auditorium November 17 will examine the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. The Mountaintop Removal Road Show features a graphic 20-minute slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal on neighboring communities and the environment, using recent aerial photos of decapitated Appalachian mountains. The program will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Photo by Robert Llewellyn, courtesy of Southwings