Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets A-Dh > Charleston Daily Mail articles > October 2009

Article: Mountaintop mining fight playing out in court: ; Massey has filed 3 suits this year over protests against surface mining

Article from:
Charleston Daily Mail
Article date:
October 1, 2009
Author:
Copyright

MORGANTOWN - The fight over mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia's coalfields has expanded to a second front - the courtroom.

Virginia-based Massey Energy has filed three lawsuits so far this year against environmental activists who have staged more than a dozen acts of civil disobedience to pressure the nation's fourth- largest coal company to abandon the destructive form of strip mining.

Massey did not immediately comment on its cases Wednesday, but court filings suggest the protesters are having a measurable, if minor, impact on the bottom line: In one lawsuit, Massey claims a single action - the 3 1/2-hour occupation of a dragline at Progress Coal's Twilight mine June 18 ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: BOONE COUNTY BOASTS THE MOST JOBS.(News)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  March 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... staff reporter Over the past decade, Boone County has become the job center of Northern ... or to Covington, but we're not. Boone County has fared very well in new job creations ... County is about 10 times as large as Boone County, the number of Hamilton Countians working ...

Article: BOONE COUNTY UPSETS NO. 1, HAMMERS HOLY CROSS FOR ...
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  January 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... staff report Just one team separates Boone County and Holy Cross in the girls' basketball ... at Simon Kenton Saturday night, the Boone County Rebels showed just how good they can be. Boone County routed Holy Cross, 80-35, reeling ...

Article: HONORING ITS HERITAGE BOONE COUNTY TOASTS THE PAST ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... multitude of challenges and issues to Boone County. But in the face of growth, there ... newest summer celebration. Celebrate Boone County, USA, they say, is a chance for the ... Course in Florence hosts the Taste of Boone County, which previously was held at Turfway ...

Article: Infrastructure project should aid Boone County ...
The State Journal;  April 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Economic development is one step closer in Boone County, with the recent announcement of the county's first public water system. The Boone County Regional Water System will serve 82 percent of Boone County's population, which will mean about ...

Article: BOONE COUNTY ROLLS TO VICTORY.(SPORTS)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  December 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Boehmker, Kentucky Post prep editor Boone County boys' basketball fans came to Friday ... atmosphere didn't affect their team. Boone County defeated St. Henry, 61-47, by working ... toe-to-toe with many teams,'' Boone County coach Jay Mulcahy said. ''We have ...

Article: DOWN AND OUT IN BOONE COUNTY.(News)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  November 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... short walk from an interstate exit in Boone County, a couple is living in the woods in ... they are poor and homeless. Behind a Boone County day labor service, workers sleep in ... hoping to get a work assignment. Boone County school buses make regular stops at cheap ...

Article: REBELS, INDIANS TO MEET AGAIN \ BOONE COUNTY ROUTS ...
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  March 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Region Tournament opener pitting the Boone County girls' basketball team against Highlands ... point: Defense wins championships. Boone County held the Bluebirds scoreless in the ... just 12 of 43 shots from the field. Boone County, the defending regional tournament ...

Article: Efforts get kids ready to learn: Boone County ...
School Administrator;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... ready to succeed in school led to Boone County Schools in Kentucky being named ... school readiness was an area where Boone County was lacking. The program, begun to address the problem, is called Boone County Success by Six[TM] and is affiliated ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives