Mountain-top removal coal mining has destroyed over 500 mountains and buried more than 2,000 miles of streams in toxic metals. On April 1st, there was a memorial for 29 miners who died in a Massey coal mine accident in West Virginia. PNC bank helps finance Massey Energy. Four protesters were cleared of charges for protesting at a PNC bank branch regarding their financing of coal companies that use mountain-top removal. PNC provided $25 million in financing to Massey Energy, a coal company with a poor safety record responsible for the miner deaths in West Virginia.