An environmental hero died yesterday and no one seems to be paying attention. [View all]

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His name was Larry Gibson. He was 66. The cause of death was a heart attack. He lived and died on the same property, in the West Virginia mountains, which his family had owned for 200 years, as all the land around him was blasted to smithereens to get to the coal beneath it. And he fought to raise awareness and stop the practice of mountain-top removal mining until the day he died, even as coal supporters shot up his house, killed his dog, ran his truck off the road, and threatened his life almost constantly.

I have posted two threads about the passing of Larry Gibson, but they have received almost zero attention. I am going to try one more time. I don't usually worry that much about my threads getting attention, but Larry fought hard to stop one of the greatest horrors of our time, and his life deserves to be honored.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014224199

And also here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021309393

Edited to include a link to I Love Mountains, where folks can take action to stop the destruction of the land Larry loved: http://ilovemountains.org/action/epa-guidance