Hit the road jack! Coal baron & homicidal maniac Don Blankenship to retire from Massey Energy on Dec. 30th

Hit the road jack! Coal baron & homicidal maniac Don Blankenship to retire from Massey Energy on Dec. 30th


Breaking news: Blankenship to retire « Coal Tattoo
blogs.wvgazette.com
The Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Don Blankenship, will retire from the company effective December 30, 2010. Mr. Blankenship has led Massey Energy as Chairman and CEO since 2000, and he’s been with the comp

This is a sick joke. King Coal wants to change the name of "mountaintop removal" to "mountaintop development." Bold move. Jeff Biggers lays it out.

This is a sick joke. King Coal wants to change the name of “mountaintop removal” to “mountaintop development.” Bold move. Jeff Biggers lays it out.

Minefields, Not Coalfields: Should Big Coal Change For Mountaintop Removal/Strip Mining?
www.huffingtonpost.com
In a new episode of Big Coal Gone Wild last week, coal lobbyists announced their intentions to rebrand mountaintop removal mining as “mountaintop development.” For besieged residents living near mountaintop removal sites in Appalachia–and in the 20-odd states that allow strip-mining–this announce

I’m shocked, shocked that anyone from Massey would lie about something…..

I’m shocked, shocked that anyone from Massey would lie about something…..


Massey subsidiary president committed fraud in Federal Court, activists allege « Climate Ground Zer
climategroundzero.net
BECKLEY, W.Va.—Marfork Mining Co. president Chris Blanchard committed a fraud upon the U.S. Southern District Court of West Virginia, according to activists associated with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice. District Judge Irene Berger denied the activists’ motion to dismiss last Februar