Coal Sludge Pond which will be threaten by the blast!!!Comment: The present president is no different from past presidents, blow up moutains and mine uranium ....The Change president is really Just the Same President ... Greed Talks!!!
Associated Press - May 23, 2009 9:25 PM ET
PETTUS, W.Va. (AP) - Seventeen people have been arrested in a protest of Massey Energy's plan to blast at a southern West Virginia mine.
The Charleston Gazette reports that protesters were arrested Saturday for trespassing.
Residents and environmental activists say they fear the possible collapse of a huge coal slurry dam at Massey's Marfork Coal Co. mining complex in Pettus.
Virginia-based Massey has permits to blast within a football field's distance of the dam's retaining wall.
Nearby resident Gary Anderson says Massey is creating the potential for a catastrophe that could wipe out miles of the Coal River valley.
The Gazette reports that the incident marks the largest number of arrests in mountaintop-mining protests that have been held across the state this year.
Information from: The Charleston Gazette, http://www.wvgazette.com
http://www.wric.com/global/story.asp?s=10415099
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