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  Ken Hechler, the legendary West Virginia congressman, was arrested in a non-violent protest with NASA's celebrated climate scientist James Hansen, actress Daryl Hannah, Michael Brune (executive director of Rainforest Action Network), and Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds, and dozens of other coalfield residents after crossing onto the property of leading mountaintop removal coal mining company, Massey Energy.

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