650 workers at the UK Lindsey oil refinery were fired after taking part in a strike last week. They are now pledging to burn their dismissal letters in a mass protest on Tuesday.
14 anti-coal activists were arrested at a mine in West Virginia last week for scaling a 150-foot-high excavating machine at a mine owned by Massey Energy and unfurling a huge banner that read “Stop Mountaintop Removal.” The action shut down operation for several hours.
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