Two students arrested

Two people got arrested this morning in Charlotte protesting the new Cliffside coal-fired power plant that Duke Energy is building. Both arrestees are safely out of jail. More money is still needed for further fees, fines, and travel expenses.

Press release: North Carolina Students Arrested Blocking the Entrance to Duke Energy Headquarters
Photos: Charlotte Action Photos
Video: Video from Charlotte action
Fundraising plea: 2 Arrested at North Carolina Coal Plant Protest Legal Funds Needed Immediately

Other media: Charlotte Observer, It's Getting Hot in Here, Winston-Salem Journal, Asheville Citizen-Times, MyrtleBeachOnline, The News & Observer, WRAL, digitriad.com, ABC 13 [Western NC], WIS 10 [Columbia, SC], The Daily Reflector, The Herald Sun, Trading Markets

FROM THE NEWSWIRE: RAN activists draped a 50-foot banner reading "Bank of America: Funding Coal, Killing Communities" across the street from Bank of America's downtown Charlotte, N.C., headquarters. RAN is urging the financial giant to stop funding mountaintop removal coal mining and the construction of new coal-fired power plants.

Bank of America has invested billions of dollars in companies that practice mountaintop removal in the Appalachian region, including Massey Energy, Arch Coal and Alpha Natural Resources. These companies are responsible for the loss of millions of acres of forests and mountains and the decimation of communities throughout Appalachia.

SAN FRANCISCO - Activists with Rainforest Action Network's (RAN) Global Finance Campaign draped a 50-foot banner reading "Bank of America: Funding Coal, Killing Communities" across the street from Bank of America's downtown Charlotte, N.C., headquarters this morning. The group is urging the financial giant to stop funding mountaintop removal coal mining and the construction of new coal-fired power plants.