Larry Gibson (environmentalist)

Larry Gibson (1946 – September 9, 2012) was an anti-mining environmentalist from West Virginia, who spent the majority of his adult life opposing mountaintop removal coal mining in the area, specifically at Kayford Mountain.[1] He was president of the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation and lifetime member of the Sierra Club.[2] He also was a board member for the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.[2]

  1. ^ Anti-mountaintop-removal activist Larry Gibson dies, Charleston: Charleston Gazette, 2012, retrieved 13 September 2012
  2. ^ a b Prominent W.Va. environmental activist Gibson dead at 66, Charleston: Charleston Daily Mail, 2012, archived from the original on 20 January 2013, retrieved 13 September 2012