Tag: strip mine
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Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois
On March 13, a handful of local residents blocked a road through the forest in southern Illinois and attempted to prevent a contractor for Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, from bringing in logging equipment to clear the area for a new 1,000-acre mine. [caption id="attachment_327402" align="alignnone" width="500"] Opponents of the Rocky Branch strip mine in…