Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Mountaintop-Removal-Rally-in-Washington-27MZIFVJNCT0.htmlConceptually similarMountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP048Y9Completed★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP048YACompleted★★★★McCoy Speaks at Coal Free Future ConcertGP02CQICompleted★★★★McCoy Speaks at Coal Free Future ConcertGP02CQJCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BDCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BECompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BOCompleted★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049C3Completed★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BFCompleted★★★★View AllGP049BAMountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonMickey McCoy of Harlan County, Ky., during a rally to stop mountaintop removal coal mining.Locations:North America-United States of America-Washington, D.C.Date:13 Sep, 2012Credit:© Greenpeace / Robert MeyersMaximum size:3067px X 4600pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Activists-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Demonstrations-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Mountaintop removal mining-One person-Outdoors-People-Political concepts-Speeches-SummerShoot: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.