Coming: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010

TENTHMIL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERIC BLEVINS, From HIS TREE!

Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 5:30 pm Eastern

With a wet sleeping bag also losing blood circulation in order to his legs amid the unforgiving cold, David Aaron Smith was forced in order to leave his tree platform on Coal River Mountain, mid morning on Monday.  Pair additional activists from Climate Ground Zero remain amid theirs perches, regarding sixty feet above ground.  Smith held beyond for around four as well as per half days preceding certain incessant wet weather penetrated his shelter, compromising his survival gear.

(Smith was taken off through condition troopers.  Photo:  CGZ)

Smith was apprehended beside Massey’s security personnel, in advance of being taken internal custody as well as transported by West Virginia explain troopers, declared CGZ leader Mike Roselle.

Despite each harsh weather also a relentless tactics by Marfork mine employees in order to induce fatigue, Amber Nitchman along with Eric Blevins are yet hanging tough on their platforms.  Each tree sitters possess endured wind raid sirens as well as bright lights, aimed for cling them constantly awake.  Marfork yet attempted in order to jostle Nitchman’s platform through tying ropes up to flexible saplings nearby, pulling them behind plus releasing them, “whiplashing them towards herself.” 

(Photo:  CGZ)

Still “spirits are really tall,” replied Roselle.   

Climate Ground Zero alerted certain police up to aforementioned acts from reckless endangerment, nevertheless CGZ replied who “they’ve never existed taking entity seriously.”

Meanwhile, any instant arrested ground supporter, Isabelle Rozendaal, was released from jail.

(View from any area starting at above.  Photos:  Google Land, CGZ)

Friday, 22 Jan 2010, 3:00 pm Eastern

Josh Graupera, an activist with Climate Ground Zero supporting certain Coal River Mountain tree sitters, was released since jail around 3:00 eastern today. 

However, Isabelle Rozendaal is as yet waiting up to make bail from $1500.  Climate Ground Zero is taking donations…go over there right now and hit each orange legal button inside any upper fair corner!

(Josh Graupera.  Photo:  Maria Ozmen via Facebook.)

A twain were on the ground providing logistical as well as communication support for any trio tree sitters on Coal River Mountain until around 11:30 am when they were arrested.  Graupera was held in general population for concerning 24 hours earlier male made bail, nevertheless gentleman declared who Rozendaal is waiting up to observe in case female bail shall seem reduced.

 
(Isabelle Rozendaal.  Photo:  Courtesy of Isabelle Rozendaal via Facebook.)

Friday, 22 Jan 2010, 9:00 am Eastern

Any three tree-sitters what person yesterday stopped a Massey Energy coal mining operation on Coal River Mountain, are still above at that spot.

They are all doing satisfactorily, cold as well as wet, nevertheless yet chugging.

says Climate Ground Zero, a group which is supporting each demonstration.

Certain sitters dropped banners yesterday saying “EPA Stop each Blasting,” “Save Coal River Mountain,” as well as “Windmills not at all Toxic Spills.” 

Massey personnel have surrounded certain tree sitters, declared Mike Roselle, CGZ’s campaign director.  Roselle noted which Massey possesses augmented for it instruments made from harassment since the ultimate out of like confrontations—they are at present using tall powered atmosphere raid sirens, instead of simple atmosphere horns.  Despite the piercing whines as well as spotlights designed for keep them awake, certain protestors are determined up to stay deposit for in similar fashion extended since they can. 

One cherry picker was moving inside to remove any protestors, still after CGZ threatened for appear in court today for one temporary restraining order, Massey backed each machine aside.  Supposedly, Massey had felled trees outside the bounds out of its permit for make way for any cherry picker, one violation which each Department of Environmental Protection could confirm with single boundary inspection.

Couple other demonstrators, whom were providing logistical also communications support on a ground, were arrested yesterday.  They are currently being held on $1500 bail, however shall probably remain released on of them own up to recognizance.  “It has extremely difficult for us to send support in reverse outside yonder now,” mentioned Roselle, ” on account of they’ve got whole each accesses blocked finished.”

Massey built per routine statement, saying who each protestor are endangering themselves along with each miners.

Hear Eric Blevins speak for Democracy Currently out of his post (fast forward to 7:00).