A group of 20 senior citizens, aged 50 to 88, concluded a 25 mile march to protest mountain top removal coal mining today. Read Coal Tattoo for the full story of this heroic journey.
What’s outrageous is the accusations made by Steve Walker, president of Walker Machinery, against two young activists who hung a banner from his building in solidarity with the senior marchers.
Start at 5 minutes in if you don’t want to watch it all.
The building’s huge sign reads, “CAT: Coal, yes coal - Clean, Carbon Neutral Coal”. It is an affront to the people of West Virginia and to reality. The climate activists took it upon themselves to correct the sign, by hanging a more truthful one on top of it, reading: “Yes Coal: Killing West Viginia Communities.”
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