the state's coal industry brought criticism of the governor as being too lax on the issue. In February 2011, some even went so far as to take part in a four-day sit-in protest in the governor's outer office. Following the sit-in, hundreds of others gathered outside the state capitol to promote mountaintop removal legislation. Coal extraction and remaining reserves by county Western Coalfield Eastern Coalfield List of coal-fired power plants in Kentucky See also Martin County sludge spill Fly ash John C. C. Mayo Coal mining disasters in Kentucky References External links Kentucky Coal Facts: energy.ky.gov Kentucky Coal Association: kentuckycoal.org . C C Economic geology