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Maria Gunnoe Testimony at Senate Hearing on Mountaintop Removal
What About the Homeland Security of the Coalfield Residents? 1
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks agoEditor Jon Queally at Common Dreams has just posted the testimony of Goldman Prize winner Maria Gunnoe from last Thursday's historic Senate hearing on mountaintop removal. Below is the full text from Gunnoe, who is a community organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.
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OVEC Organizer Wins Goldman
King coal takedown: Maria Gunnoe 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Since 1997, when Gunnoe served as a volunteer on underground mine fires and air quality issues, the West Virginia and Cherokee native has been one of the most vocal advocates for justice in the Appalachian coalfields. Refusing to back down to numerous threats from King Coal thugs or leave her ancestral land, she has emerged as an inspiring heroine in the coalfields for the rest of the nation.
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