Coal Tattoo: Massey Gives Protesters What They Want

Massey Gives Protesters What They Want

by Ken Ward Jr.


James McGuinness directs Massey Energy's private investigators off private property.
James McGuinness directs Massey Energy's private investigators off private property. photograph by Antrim Caskey


BECKLEY, W.Va. — Raleigh County Circuit Judge John A. Hutchison might not see the protesters in his courtroom again, but environmental activists seem unlikely to halt their peaceful actions against Massey Energy anytime soon.

As the Gazette reported earlier, Hutchison agreed yesterday morning to consolidate Massey’s court actions against the protesters and ship the cases over to his fellow Raleigh Circuit Judge, Robert A. Burnside. But first, Hutchison extended his previous temporary restraining order for a couple more weeks.

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Breaking News: Massey Slaps Climate Ground Zero with T.R.O.

Massey Energy Slaps Climate Ground Zero with Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)

Fist Bump
James McGuinness and Mike Roselle of Climate Ground Zero were arrested today, February 25, 2009, on Performance Coal's Edwight Mountaintop Removal site in southern West Virginia. The protesters chose to focus on the active mountaintop removal site above Marsh Fork Elementary School in Sundial, WV on the eve of the 37th year annivesary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster.

photograph by Antrim Caskey

Temporary Restraining Order

Entire accompanying legal documents  available upon request. Contact Mike Roselle at roselle@lowbagger.org