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Two Arrested Protesting Strip Mine as Community Battles Worlds Largest Coal Company

2014-03-28 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: While Peabody Energy may have hired a notorious public relations firm to hawk its international ad campaign, a village trustee and her rural farming community have exposed the devastating legacy of the worlds largest coal company near its historic Illinois beginnings. Meet Judy Kellen and the courageous community of Rocky Branch in Saline County, IL, whose battle to save their farms, homes and cherished Shawnee Hills from Peabody Energys proposed strip mine expansion is turning out to be one of...

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