Property

The Mooney property consists of 9 acres, with its coal and mineral rights intact. These acres are some of the most biodiverse in the country, as well as some of the most threatened. This property extends slightly up the hill behind most of the town of Twilight, acting as a buffer between the town and existing coal property.

On the land, there are 2 very nice homes and 7 outbuildings. The land and homes have been tended by the Mooney family for many generations. This property also contains the Mooney family cemetery, which would not be given adequate protection by West Virginia laws if the property were to be sold to the coal company.

Frankie Moonie wants to sell his land, rich with his family history and life's work, to OVEC. He hopes to protect his family legacy from the permanent destruction of mountaintop removal by selling the property to an organization which has the resources to fight back. Frankie doesn't want to sell to the coal companies, because he knows that area coal companies, including Massey Energy, are attempting to depopulate all of Twilight, as they did Lindytown. The Mooney property, acting as a buffer between coal company land and the town of Twilight, would be the industry's strategic buy. Preserving this land is crucial to the future of Twilight, another town that the Coal Companies would like to wipe out forever.

The Coal industry, with its eyes on Twilight's coal reserves, would gladly displace the people who have called Twilight home for generations. If we allow business as usual to continue, Route 26 will be gated off, becoming company land for miles beyond Twilight.