PETTRY BOTTOM, W.VA. — It's day two of their treetop protest, and two activists trying to stop mountaintop removal mining say they don't plan to leave.
Nick Stocks and Laura Steepleton remained on platforms Wednesday, more than 80 feet above the ground near Massey Energy's Edwight mine in Raleigh County.
They want Virginia-based Massey to stop blasting mountain ridges to get the coal underneath.
They're within 300 feet of the blasting zone, and state law prohibits blasting when people are that close.
Two protesters on the ground were cited for trespassing, but police have not attempted to approach Stocks or Steepleton.
Police say they worry about safety, but the protesters affiliated with Climate Ground Zero say they're tied to the trees.
This reminds me of another protester in a tree that fell and acquired brain damage...the question at the time was, was this a pre-existing condition?
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