Cecil Roberts

Senators Grill Massey CEO Don Blankenship On Safety At Upper Big Branch Mine

AOL News | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Cecil Roberts, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Tom Harkin, Robert Byrd, United Mine Workers of America, Regulation, Mine Safety, Coal Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine, Patty Murray, Green News

WASHINGTON (May 20) -- The coal baron who runs the West Virginia mine that last month saw the deadliest U.S. mine accident in 40 years came unbowed to...

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Safety Awards That Endanger Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Massey Energy, Bp, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Msha, Oil Rig, Usw, Process Safety, United Mine Workers of America, United Steelworkers, Cecil Roberts, Mms, Upper Big Branch, Massey, Transocean, Sentinel of Safety, Safety Awards for Excellence, Don Blankenship, Refinery, Minerals Management Service, Umwa, Deepwater Horizon, Process Safety Management, Tesoro, Coal Mine, Union, National Mining Association, Npra, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

BP, Massey Energy and Tesoro all have hauled out plaques celebrating safety achievements to deflect allegations of corporate recklessness in the after...

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Big Coal Defeat! Rednecks and Greens Announce Victory at Blair Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Removal, Obama Appalachia, Carol Browner, Mining, Green, United Mine Workers of America, Lisa Jackson, Green Energy, Cecil Roberts, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

After 500 mountains in Appalachia have been blown to bits by mountaintop removal, one peak was most likely saved: Blair Mountain in West Virginia.

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West Virginia? Take Me Home, Country Roads...

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, ARG Poll, West Virginia, Charleston, Hillary Clinton, Cecil Roberts, Nra, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Huntington, Umwa, Politics News
Andy Rosenberg

In a year full of surprises to the conventional political wisdom, Obama's campaign is rocketing to competitiveness in the nearly all-white state of West Virginia.

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