Photo via Climate Ground Zero In what could turn out to be a violation of their constitutional rights, 4 climate activists were arrested and taken to jail last Tuesday for trespassing. Specifically, they were charged for hanging up a banner that read “Yes, Coal is Killing West Virginia’s Communities” during a peaceful demonstration on October 10th. But the activists have been held

in jail for 2 days now on that charge–a charge that is typically handled by a summons by mail, and for which the maximum fine is a scant $100. And it looks like they’ll be sp… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Activists to Spend New Year’s in Jail for Flying Anti-Coal Banner