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Plugging a Weasel Hole in West Virginia

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Mining Disaster, Freedom of Information, Coal Mining, Blankenship, West Virgina, Elliot Spike Maynard, Freedom of Information Law, West Virginia House of Delegates, Brian Farkas, Weasel Hole, Hugh Caperton, Politics News
Laurence Leamer

In West Virginia, where the political system has failed the people, the courts have become the last refuge of justice. What then, when the state's highest court is a repository for the lowest political motives?

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Mining CEO Defiant After West Virginia Disaster Announces Retirement

AP | VICKI SMITH and MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Massey Coal Mine, Don Blankenship, Don Blankenship Retirement, Blankenship, West Virginia, Don Blankenship Retiring, Massey Energy Company, Don Blankenship Retires, Green News

RICHMOND, Va. — Massey Energy Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the month, finishing a nearly ...

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Doomed West Virginia Mine Slated To REOPEN Despite Ongoing Investigations

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, West Virginia, Upper Big Branch Coal Mine, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Upper Big Branch Construction, Massey, Massey Coal Mine, West Virginia Mine Explosion, Don Blankenship, Upper Big Branch Reopening, West Virginia Coal Mine, Blankenship, Green News, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Massey Energy plans to resume extracting coal by constructing a new entrance to its Upper Big Branch mine within months, des...

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Dan Froomkin

Massey CEO Blankenship On Mine Disaster: No Regrets

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey CEO, Don Blankenship, Massey, Blankenship, Mine Disaster, Green News

Don Blankenship, whose Upper Big Branch coal mine had been cited hundreds of times for safety violations before it blew up in April killing 29 workers...

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Dan Froomkin

Upper Big Branch Disaster: Concern About Intimidation By Massey Prompts Mine Safety Investigators To Solicit Anonymous Tips

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Intimidation, Massey Energy, Massey, Blankenship, Mine Investigation, Msha, Upper Big Branch, Upper Big Branch Disaster, Mine Disaster, Green News

Alarmed by reports that Massey Energy officials are intimidating miners and their families, the Department of Labor announced today that it is launchi...

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Mountaintop Removal Redux: Bobby vs. Blankenship II

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coalmining, Appalachia, Bobbykennedy, Lindytown, Massey, Blankenship, Mountaintopremoval, Westvirginia, Dirtycoal, Mtr, Mountaintopmining, Green News
Rob Perks

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In a reprise of the debate between NRDC's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship over mountaintop removal coal mining, the Washington newspaper The Hill published dueling pieces by both adversaries in today's edition. 

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Rocker Ted Nugent to Emcee Pro-Coal "Friends of America" Rally in West Virginia

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hannity, Blankenship, West Virginia, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Massey, Nugent, Entertainment News
Dave Cooper

Nugent, whose on-stage antics include wearing a loincloth and inviting President Obama to "suck on my machine gun" will emcee the event, which also inculdes Sean Hannity and Hank Williams Jr.

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Coal CEO: "I've been around West Virginia long enough to know that politicians don't stay bought"

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Ceo, West Virginia, Massey, Blankenship, Business News
Dave Cooper

When it comes to cartoonish coal company eco-villians, no one fits the bill better than Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.

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