Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Mountaintop-Removal-Rally-in-Washington-27MZIFVJN71H.htmlConceptually similarMountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049C0Completed★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BPCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BQCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BRCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BSCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BUCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BYCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049C1Completed★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049C2Completed★★★★View AllGP049BVMountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonActivists hold banners and signs outside the White House before marching to deliver 13,500 photo petitions to stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia to the Council on Environmental Quality.Locations:North America-United States of America-Washington, D.C.Date:13 Sep, 2012Credit:© Greenpeace / Robert MeyersMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Activists-Banners-Climate (campaign title)-Crowds-Day-Demonstrations-Government buildings-KWCI (GPI)-Large group of people-Mountaintop removal mining-Outdoors-People-Political concepts-Signs-Summer-White HouseShoot:Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonActivists hold signs outside the White House during a rally to deliver 13,500 photo petitions to the White House's Council on Environmental Quality to stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The rally became a memorial to Larry Gibson, a longtime and outspoken opponent of mountaintop removal mining, who lived on Kayford Mountain on land in his family for more than 200 years as coal companies removed the mountain above his home for coal.