Yanayin Yanayi Zero

Climate Ground Zero (CGZ), wanda aka kafa a watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2009, kamfen ne na rashin biyayya ga farar hula wanda ba shi da tashin hankali game da cire hakar ma'adinai da ke kudancin filayen kwal na West Virginia .  A cewar shafin yanar gizon su, Climate Ground Zero ya yi imanin "cewa lalacewar tsaunuka na Appalachia da abin da ke tattare da shi a cikin iska, ruwa, da rayuwar Appalachians yana buƙatar ci gaba da aiki kai tsaye". Kungiyar na neman kawo karshen cire hakar ma'adinai ta hanyar jawo hankali ga batun ta hanyar zanga-zangar da ta shafi cin zarafin dukiyar kamfanonin hakar ma-adinai. Ta hanyar kulle kayan aiki a wuraren ma'adinai, zama bishiyoyi a yankin fashewa, ko toshe hanyoyin haul zuwa wuraren ma'aikatar, masu zanga-zangar da ke da alaƙa da Climate Ground Zero kai tsaye suna tsoma baki da ayyukan ma'adanai. Sauran zanga-zangar suna jawo hankali ga zargin sakaci na hukumomin da ke kula da su kamar Ma'aikatar Kare Muhalli ta Yammacin Virginia (WVDEP) ko Hukumar Kare Muhalli (EPA) ta hanyar mamaye ofisoshin waɗannan kungiyoyin gwamnati. An ambaci Climate Ground Zero a cikin New York Times,  Los Angeles Times, Washington Post,  Democracy Now,  da Associated Press.

 Tarihi 
Climate Ground Zero ya fara ne a cikin Fabrairu 2009 a matsayin ƙaramar yanki na cibiyar sadarwa ta Mountain Justice, haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin anti-MTR a duk faɗin Appalachia waɗanda suka kafa a lokacin rani na 2005.  wanda MTR ma'adinai ba ta taɓa shi ba, Dutsen Coal River, an yanke shi sosai a shirye-shiryen hakar ma'adinai.  A ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2009, a cikin abin da ya zama farkon zanga-zangar yaƙin neman zaɓe, Mike Roselle, James McGuinness, Glen Collins, Rory McIlmoil da Matthew Noerpel an kama su don ɗaure kansu zuwa wani buldoza a kan Dutsen Coal River.  duk aikin hakar ma'adinai a Dutsen Coal River ya daina nan da nan.[5]  [6] Tun daga lokacin sama da 100 aka kama a matsayin wani ɓangare na zanga-zangar daban-daban da ke da alaƙa da Climate Ground Zero..

 Tasirin Shari'a 

 Mai laifi 
Lokacin da kamfen ɗin ya fara, an kira masu zanga-zangar ne kawai don keta doka kuma an sake su. Duk da yake wasu masu zanga-zangar har yanzu suna karbar tarar ne kawai saboda ayyukansu, an yanke wa wasu hukuncin ɗaurin rai har zuwa kwanaki 60. Adadin beli ma ya karu. Wanda ya kafa Mike Roselle ya karɓi belin kuɗi na $ 7,500 kawai don kullewa zuwa babban ofishin Marfork a watan Fabrairun 2009  kuma Benjamin Bryant kowannensu ya karɓi beli na kuɗi na $ 100,000 kawai don toshe ƙofar hedkwatar yankin Massey a Boone County a ranar 17 ga Mayu, 2010.  Martin da Bryant sun rage kuɗin balaguron kowannensu zuwa takardar shaidar gundumar $ 2500 bayan kukan jama'a da kuma sauraron rage belin da yawa.

 Jama'a 
Massey Energy, mai mallakar mafi yawan shafukan MTR a West Virginia, ya kuma gabatar da karar farar hula daban-daban a kan masu zanga-zangar, yana neman hana masu shigowa daga dukiyar Massey tare da umarni da umarni na wucin gadi,    da kuma karɓar diyya don lalacewar da zanga-zambe ta haifar. Ta hanyar waɗannan karar farar hula, Massey ya yi ƙoƙari ya haramta daga dukiyarsu ba kawai masu laifi ba, har ma da "ofisoshin su, wakilai, ma'aikata, da lauyoyi da sauran mutanen da ke cikin kide-kide ko shiga tare da duk wanda aka bayyana a nan, waɗanda ke karɓar ainihin sanarwa game da shi ta hanyar sabis na mutum ko a'a. "  Masu zanga-zangar suna jayayya da yawa a cikin waɗanda suke ƙoƙarin ba da umarni kuma sun keta haƙƙin gyare-gyare na farko. Kamar yadda lauyoyin masu zanga-zangar Thomas Rist da Roger Forman suka bayyana a cikin roko ga Kotun Koli ta West Virginia, "TROs suna da ban mamaki a cikin haramtacciyar ikon su kuma suna rage duk ayyukan magana kyauta".

 Ayyukan kamfen ɗin 
Ayyukan kamfen ɗin sun bambanta daga bishiyoyi na mako-mako a shafukan ma'adinai zuwa ƙetare layin sauƙi da faduwar banner a waje da ofisoshin kamfanoni. Ayyukan da suka fi tsayi na kamfen ɗin ya faru ne a watan Janairun 2010 lokacin da Eric Blevins, David Smith, da Amber Nitchman, suka mamaye itatuwan Massey Energy's Bee Tree Surface Mine a kan Coal River Mountain, suna dakatar da fashewa a wannan ɓangaren shafin na kwanaki tara. Irin wannan zanga-zangar ta faru a watan Agustan shekara ta 2009 lokacin da masu zanga-zambe biyu, Laura Steepleton da Nick Stocks, suka mamaye bishiyoyi na kwanaki shida a cikin ƙafa 300 daga wurin ma'adinai na Massey Energy. Wannan zanga-zangar ta kasance ne don mayar da martani ga ƙin yarda da DEP na amsawa ga korafe-korafen da mazaunan Pettry Bottom suka gabatar, al'umma da ke ƙasa da shafin ma'adinai na Edwight, don mayar da hankali ga rushewar ƙasa da dutse mai tashi da ke fitowa daga shafin zuwa dukiyarsu.

Wasu zanga-zangar sun shafi shafuka da yawa, kamar aikin da aka yi a ranar 23 ga Mayu, 2009. An kama mutane goma sha bakwai, ban da Majalisa Ken Hechler wanda 'yan sanda na Jihar suka ki kamawa, saboda shimfiɗa wata tutar a kan Brushy Fork Sludge Impoundment, kulle kayan aiki a kan shafin ma'adinai na Kayford Mountain, da kuma shiga cikin dukiyar Massey. Brushy Fork Impoundment ya zama mai kawo rigima saboda gazawar da aka samu a baya, kamar Martin County Sludge Spill da Buffalo Creek Disaster, da kuma matsayinta sama da ƙudan zuma na ma'adanai da aka watsar a cikin ƙafa 100 na yankin fashewa mai aiki.

Massey Energy ya kasance abin da aka fi so na zanga-zangar a matsayin babban mai samar da kwal a tsakiyar Appalachia kuma mai goyon bayan cire ma'adinai na kwal. An yi katangewa biyu a hedikwatar yankin Massey a cikin Boone County   da kuma kulle ofishin Marfork Coal, kamfanin tallafin Massey, a cikin Raleigh County. Daya daga cikin wadanda aka kama don toshewa ta farko na hedikwatar yankin Massey ya kuma jagoranci tafiya na manyan 'yan ƙasa daga babban birnin Charleston zuwa wurin ma'adinai na Massey Mammoth a cikin gundumar Kanawha. Mutumin mai shekaru 81 ya jagoranci tafiyar kwana biyar don jimlar mil 25. A lokacin rani na shekara ta 2010, 'yan gwagwarmaya hudu sun rufe na'urar hakar ma'adinai mai tsawo a kan Coal River Mountain. Climate Ground Zero ya kasance wani ɓangare na zanga-zangar kasa mafi girma don kawo karshen cirewa daga saman dutse, Appalachia Rising, wanda ya haifar da kamawa sama da 100. Kwanan nan, a cikin taron Mountain Justice da Climate Ground Zero, mutane 44 sun yi tafiya a kan wani shafin ma'adinai da aka dawo da shi a kan Dutsen Kayford don dasa bishiyoyi da rataye banners masu sukar MTR da ayyukan farfadowa na yanzu.

 Kasancewar shahararrun mutane 
An kama fitattun mutane kamar masanin kimiyya na NASA James Hansen, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Hollywood Daryl Hannah, tsohon dan majalisa na Amurka Ken Hechler, Co-direkta na Coal River Mountain Watch da Goldman Prize wanda ya lashe Julia Bonds, darektan Sierra Club Michael Brune, a matsayin wani ɓangare na kamfen ɗin. Sauran sanannun mahalarta sun haɗa da shahararrun mazauna yankin Vernon Haltom, Co-direkta na Coal River Mountain Watch, Larry Gibson, wanda ya kafa Gidauniyar Keeper of the Mountains, Lorelei Scarbro, shugaban Coal River Wind Project, da Chuck Nelson, mai sa kai na cikakken lokaci na Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition da Alliance for Appalachia.