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8 Arrested in Mountaintop Removal Protest

HeadlineOct 23, 2009

In West Virginia, eight people have been arrested in a protest against mountaintop removal near the town of Quarrier. The activists chained themselves to a coal truck and lay across a key mining road. The protest was staged by the group Climate Ground Zero.

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