Dustin Steele speaks out against Mountaintop Removal; Later arrested

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Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival (RAMPS, http://rampscampaign.org), other Appalachians and allies walked on to the Hobet mine in Lincoln Co., W.Va., July 29, and shut it down while calling for the coal industry and government to ensure that a just transition is made from the coal that is running out to a West Virginia that leads the country into a cleaner, greener future.

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[Roobitz]

Some real winners in the comment section of this video. You're all so busy ruining the planet and poisoning your body and the bodies of your children to give a fuck about anyone else besides yourself. A person comes along who is trying to improve the situation for everyone, and you bend over backwards to try to perpetuate the abuse. These people are not your enemy, and your sense of self-righteous indignation is shallow. Try to make a positive impact on the world for a change.

[Ryan Prater]

God bless this man

[mycelium451]

Take your homophobic hate language elsewhere

[cleanplasticchild]

No... but, people should be held accountable for poisoning people and the land we live on. It is wrong to harm others and make this planet inhabitable for others to live on. It is wrong to have unsafe working conditions. Don't just take it, and have your children and children's children be totally screwed by what you allowed them to be left with. 

[angelcollecter13]

this kid up here spouting all kinds of stupity isn't helping your cause.......

[angelcollecter13]

come on....there are alot of things out there that can make you sick..working in factories can make you sick, the gases released from these factories are making people sick. so, hey, lets shut those down too...the economy is already terrible, lets just make it that much worse, RIGHT???

[SOUL MAN]

I Support Mountain Top Removal"

[strandwolf]

Evolution is bullshit too! Well, the dinosaurs died to give us petroleum but aside from that it's just a load of hooey. Bullshit nothing--when the global temp was 8 degrees F cooler there were glaciers in New Jersey. At the current temp upswing it'll be 8F warmer in 100 years & what does that entail? Any unintended, unforeseen consequences? Wake up and take responsibility my friend. We're all in this thing, except for the 1% richest--multimillionaires like Romney and Limbaugh. They laugh at us.

[strandwolf]

Yeah don't worry--please don't--on my behalf, though I appreciate the gesture. I stopped paying taxes to the Feds when I saw a bumpersticker that made sense to me. It was way back during Reagan's regime: NOT ONE CENT MORE FOR RAPE AND MURDER IN CENTRAL AMERICA. I kinda didn't care to have needless, innocent blood on my hands. All about them reds creepin' up on us. Had to hire nasty fellas to bang some pinko nuns and slit their throats--so's we could live free and all. Eh, not for me, that stuff.

[margeanncullen]

Wow grow up.

[fuckyamountains]

Trust me, the two douchbag fags in this video have NOTHING in common with me nor any other miner in the world... Easy fix to your air/water/flyrock problem..... FUCKING MOVE!

[fuckyamountains]

Do you pay the taxes on the merchandise you sell? Seems like you sell quite a bit so you'll probably want to start paying taxes on that before you get caught or reported... Employment is decent here, alot better than other parts of the coalfields thanks to you all and your president. July was the hottest month in 17 years, could be the coldest next year hard to tell... Global WARMING is BULLSHIT!!!