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IN THE NEWS

Our beautiful Tennessee Smoky Mountains under attack by mining interests
Clarksville Online 7/3/08

Massey Gambles Half '08 Net on Suit Without Insurance
Bloomberg 7/3/08

Massey case appealed to US Supreme Court
Daily Press 7/3/08

[VIDEO] 30 Days: Working in a Coal Mine (full episode)
Hulu 7/3/08

Take A Stand For Appalachia!
Life has taught us ... 7/2/08

The 'Tredegar 12' face trial July 29
Richmond Times-Dispatch 7/2/08

ANALYSIS-Georgia order seen hurting U.S. coal investment
Reuters - UK 7/1/08

Mountain advocates and legislators take on mountaintop removal
Grist 7/1/08

Georgia Judge Yanks Coal Power Permit on Climate Concerns
Environmental News Service 7/1/08

Mountaintop removal mining appeal scheduled for Sept. 23
Charleston Gazette 7/1/08

Thirteen arrested in protest at Dominion HQ
Richmond Times-Dispatch 6/30/08

Winning and Losing in Wise Co., Va
It's Getting Hot In Here 6/30/08

Greenpeace Crashes Coal Meeting Using Phony Front
Reuters 6/29/08

Judge wants to see Maynard e-mails for himself
The WV Record 6/28/08

Battling for Email Contents Between Chief Justice, Massey Energy
Huntington News 6/28/08

Coalfield residents have right to sue, Supreme Court rules
Charleston Gazette 6/27/08


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RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS

BREF! / MOUNTAIN JUSTICE ACTIVISTS' TRIAL DATE SET! DONATE TO THEIR DEFENSE TODAY!
posted July 3, 2008

On the morning of June 30, 2008 , twelve activists from Blue Ridge Earth First! and Mountain Justice were arrested in Richmond, Virginia while participating in a blockade of the Dominion property on Tredegar Street.

Please help these courageous frontline activists today by donating whatever you can to their defense!


July 5-6, 2008: Mountain Keepers Music Festival
posted July 3, 2008

On Saturday, July 5th and Sunday, July 6th, the annual Mountain Keepers Music Festival will be held at Kayford Mountain's Stanley Heirs Park . This concert is the premier music festival that celebrates environmental justice in southern West Virginia.


July 20, 2008 - 1 PM: March on Zeb Mountain!
posted July 3, 2008

This is a call from the Mountains of Tennessee to those who understand the value of a living forest, clean water and a place to call home. This is a call for you to take a Sunday out of your life to help preserve some of the oldest watersheds on Earth. This is a call not for any organization or group - but for the Mountains of Tennessee.


Help Larry Gibson surprise his bride-to-be...
posted June 26, 2008

Make this years Mountain Keepers festival the most memorable yet, even if you can't make it. Help Larry Gibson surprise his bride-to-be with the best wedding gift ever - a composting flush toilet!


MOUNTAIN JUSTICE ACTIVISTS HOLD FOURTH ANNUAL GATHERING
posted June 5, 2008

Action Camp equips Appalachian citizens to resist mountaintop removal
Photo by Mary Kroeck, Parson Brown Productions.

Blanton Forest, KENTUCKY - Last week, citizens young and old from coalfield communities across Appalachia flocked by the dozens to historic Harlan County, Kentucky, for the fourth annual Mountain Justice Summer Action Camp...


What Can I Do to Fight for Mountain Justice?
posted May 30, 2008

Looking for ways to get involved in the Mountain Justice movement? Want to help but not sure how to get started? Then check out the "What Can I Do?" quick list to help spark ideas and then contact us.
We need your help!


More recent events...


“Voices for Appalachia”
Written and Narrated by Hundreds
An Appalachia Portrait-Story Project

Artist Francesco di Santis joined us at our 2008 Mountain Justice training camp in Kentucky to continue work on his latest project “Voices for Appalachia”. Francesco is working with other regional organizations throughout Appalachia and the project has traveled to Mountain Justice Spring Break, the mountains of eastern Tennnessee, the Appalachian Studies Association conference and the Heartwood Forest Council.


Click for facts about Mountain  Top RemovalThere is a manmade ecological disaster of geologic proportions occurring in the rolling mountains of the southern Appalachians; its called mountain range -- or Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining. It is the ultimate in theft of a people's heritage -- the destruction of watersheds -- and the annihilation of one of the most diverse places on earth.


Mission Statement

Mountain Justice Summer (MJS) seeks to add to the growing anti-MTR citizens movement. Specifically MJS demands an abolition of MTR, steep slope strip mining and all other forms of surface mining for coal. We want to protect the cultural and natural heritage of the Appalachia coal fields. We want to contribute with grassroots organizing, public education, nonviolent civil disobedience and other forms of citizen action.

Historically coal companies have engaged in violence and property destruction when faced with citizen opposition to their activities. MJS is committed to nonviolence and will not be engaged in property destruction.