January 25, 2012
Maria Gunnoe’s fight to end mountain top removal coal mining began in 2000, when a huge mining project got started on the ridge behind her home in Boone County, West Virginia. She was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2009, but her campaign to protect her home and community from the coal industry continue to this day.
In early-January, Gunnoe celebrated a vicotry as a settlement was announced between Patriot Coal and the Sierra Club. As part of the settlement, Patriot has agreed to suspend plans for future mining operations at the Jupiter-Callisto Mine in Boone County; the same mine that has threatened Gunnoe’s home for years. The settlement also stipulates that Patriot must clean-up its selenium waste water pollution by building and operating treatment facilities at 43 of its sites.
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Maria Gunnoe is an outstanding citizen
We applaud Maria Gunnoe's efforts wholeheartedly. Gunnoe is a woman to be recognized and thanked. She has sacrificed so much - all - in order to stand up to the biggest, oldest and most entrenched lobby in the nation. Thank you Maria.
great artical
i think mining like every thing els should be done out but if so then there's no work i don't even have a job an its killing me that these company's get away with mining an pollute an leave it an what every thing die's I'm with the Sierra club an Environmental protection Department of the United states i seen were these people really scrap this country to bare nothing ! i wish i can do more because i think i need to be herd Publicly........
great artical
i think mining like every thing els should be done out but if so then there's no work i don't even have a job an its killing me that these company's get away with mining an pollute an leave it an what every thing die's I'm with the Sierra club an Environmental protection Department of the United states i seen were these people really scrap this country to bare nothing ! i wish i can do more because i think i need to be herd Publicly........
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