On Tuesday, June 23, 2009 a civil disobedience took place in West Virginia to protest mountain top removal in Coal River Valley. Earlier in the day, an announcement had been made on the Green Party Watch web-site alerting green activists to the forthcoming CD. In West Virgina, the national Green Party affiliate is “The West Virginia Mountain Party.” The party platform calls for, “…a halt to mountaintop removal coal mining in order to preserve precious forest lands and streams…”

The Daily Kos offered the following from a Rainforest Action Network press release:

At a peaceful protest on mountaintop removal today organized by coalfield residents and Rainforest Action Network, leading climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, actress Daryl Hannah, former Representative Ken Hechler, Michael Brune, the executive director of Rainforest Action Network, and Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds were arrested along with dozens of Coal River Valley residents and allies. They risked arrest by crossing onto the property of leading mountaintop removal coal mining company, Massey Energy—purposely trespassing to protest the destruction of mountains immediately above the Coal River Valley community.