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Video of Arrests

These people were asking that their children and grandchilren not have to go to school under a sludge dam holding 2.8 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge.

These people were asking that Massey Energy subsidiary “Goals Coal” not build a SECOND coal silo next to Marsh Fork Elementary, and increase the already dangerous levels of exposure to coal dust these children experience every day.

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.


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