Gristmill readers have heard before about Marsh Fork Elementary school, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, perched about 300 feet downhill from a massive, leaking coal refuse dam holding back billions of gallons of toxic coal slurry (click below the fold for a picture).
As we speak, a group of about 60 activists has occupied the office of West Virginia Governor Manchin, demanding that he build a safer school for the Marsh Fork kids. About 11 people have been arrested so far.
For updates on the situation, see this post and watch It's Getting Hot In Here throughout the day.

Photo by Vivian Stockman. That's the school in the lower left.
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caniscandida Posted 6:50 am
16 Mar 2007
Chickens are our cousins!
So are other sensitive animals!
Enough is enough!
No more factory farms!
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EndMTRNow Posted 11:34 am
16 Mar 2007
Last year the Department of Environmental Protection denied Massey Energy's request to build a SECOND coal silo next to the school because it violated state and federal law.
Curiously, this ruling was overturned Tuesday by the Governor-appointed Surface Mine Board.
I guess when you own the Governor, you own the law.
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hollyriver Posted 1:22 am
17 Mar 2007
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inconnii Posted 12:00 am
03 Jul 2007
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