THE LAST MOUNTAIN: Battle Against Big Coal, Mountain Top Removal In WV, Appalachia Film

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1. The Fight by Citizens and Activists to Save Coal Mountain from Mountain Top Removal.

In the valleys of Appalachia, a battle is being fought over a mountain. It is a battle with severe consequences that affect every American, regardless of their social status, economic background or where they live. It is a battle that has taken many lives and continues to do so the longer it is waged. It is a battle over protecting our health and environment from the destructive power of Big Coal.
The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in *COAL RIVER VALLEY, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations, like Massey Energy, from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal.



MARIA GUNNOE, Boone County, WV resident and awarded environmental activist.



JOE LOVETT, activist, attorney, founder and exec. director, the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment.

THE LAST MOUNTAIN: FILM, SYNOPSIS, INFO. WEBSITE
http://thelastmountainmovie.com/film/

COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN WATCH, WEBSITE
http://www.crmw.net/

-Blankenship Sentenced to Year in Prison, Apr 8, 2016, Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy who was convicted in December of the misdemeanor of conspiring to violate mine safety laws, has been sentenced to a year in prison and a $250,000 fine. Blankenship's prosecution resulted from the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion, which killed 29 miners, in the Coal River community on April 5, 2010.

-New Flyover Photos And TV News Report Of Our Work, Mar 12, 2016
On March 8, Coal River Mountain Watch's Vernon Haltom took WOWK TV reporter Hillary Hall on a flyover with Southwings volunteer pilot David Warner. This was David’s first Southwings flight and Hillary’s first flight in a small plane. We got a good look at the destructive expansion of mountaintop removal on Coal River Mountain, the areas not yet permitted or started, the dismal progress of “reclamation” at the idled Edwight and Twilight sites, and a quick look at the KD#2 and Rich Creek sites near Charleston.

FULL FILM, 'THE LAST MOUNTAIN' (2011)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017369014

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2. The Heavens Weep, Mother Nature Sees the Natural Life and Beauty of Appalachia