Jimmy Weekley, a former coal miner turned anti-mining activist is "the last man on the mountain" following the arrival of a mountaintop-removal firm in his West Virginia community in the 1990's, National Public Radio reports. Many of his neighbors and family took buyouts and left, but not Weekley. His story aired on "All Things Considered" Thursday afternoon; click here to listen. (New York Times photo by Todd Heisler)Thursday, August 11, 2011
'Last man on the mountain' featured on NPR
Jimmy Weekley, a former coal miner turned anti-mining activist is "the last man on the mountain" following the arrival of a mountaintop-removal firm in his West Virginia community in the 1990's, National Public Radio reports. Many of his neighbors and family took buyouts and left, but not Weekley. His story aired on "All Things Considered" Thursday afternoon; click here to listen. (New York Times photo by Todd Heisler)
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