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=== July 20, 2008: Four arrested at Tennessee strip mine ===
On July 20, 2008, residents from coal-impacted communities throughout Appalachia gathered for a march at Zeb Mountain, the largest surface coal mining site in Tennessee, to protest the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal and surface coal mining. The march was organized by [[http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org United Mountain Defense]], Mountain Justice, and Three Rivers [[Earth First!]] and included political theater, life-sized puppets and rousing speeches.<ref>[http://thesmallaxe.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/appalachian-residents-gather-to-march-on-zeb-mountain/ APPALACHIAN RESIDENTS GATHER TO MARCH ON ZEB MOUNTAIN], The Small Ax, 7/21/2008</ref>
In an act of civil disobedience, four citizen activists walked across a line marked with police tape designating National Coal Corporation's property. The four were immediately arrested without incidence and removed from the property by the Campbell County Sheriff's office.<ref>[http://understory.ran.org/2008/07/20/more-anti-coal-direct-action-at-east-tennessee-strip-mine-site/ More anti-coal direct action at Appalachian mine site], Rainforest Action Network, 7/21/2008</ref>
