June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Murray Energy

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Coal Company Now Hiring -- After Blaming Obama For Layoffs

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.24.2013 | Business

The coal company that announced layoffs right after President Barack Obama's reelection now is hiring again, according to The New Republic. Murray ...

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Coal Boss Changes His Mind About Obama Layoffs

The New Republic | Alec MacGillis | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business

Read More: Murray Energy, Business News

In the middle of last summer, as the presidential race was heading into its home stretch, there was a flurry of news about layoffs at Ohio coal mines ...

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"Coal Doesn't Kill. Coal Operators Kill."

Carl Pope | Posted 01.20.2013 | Green

Read More: Mitt Romney, Environment, Obama Administration, Appalachia, Patriot Coal, Bush Administration, Murray Energy, Coal, Epa, Coal Companies, Green News

Problems afflicting the coal industry are the direct result of the historic attitudes of its operators -- not actually the resource itself, or the men, women and communities who produce and rely upon it.

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Plutocrats Want to Own Your Vote

Bill Moyers | Posted 12.22.2012 | Politics

Read More: Arthur Allen, Citizens United, Westgate Resorts, Bob Murray, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Money and Politics, ASG Solutions, Commentary, Murray Energy, David Siegel, David and Charles Koch, Video, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Politics News

Back in the first the Gilded Age, in the 19th century, bosses in company towns lined up their workers and marched them to vote as a bloc. Now, the Gilded Age is back , with a vengeance. Welcome to the plutocracy -- the remains of the ol' USA.

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CEO Who Told His Workers To Vote For Obama, Or Else, Says He Wasn't Trying To Intimidate Them

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.15.2012 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Video, President Obama, David Siegel Email, Westgate Resorts, Murray Energy, David Siegel, David Siegel Anti-Obama Email, Business News

For Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel, telling his employes they’ll lose their jobs if President Obama is reelected isn’t a threat. It’s a fact....

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Super-Rich CEO To Workers: You're All Fired If Obama Wins

Posted 10.15.2012 | Business

The super-rich guy who claims he’s the one who got George W. Bush elected is doing everything he can to make sure Mitt Romney wins in November too. ...

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Coal Company's Pro-Romney Coercion Leads To Calls For Investigation

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 10.09.2012 | Business

The Ohio Democratic Party has requested a criminal investigation of the Ohio-based Murray Energy, after the coal company allegedly told employees to d...

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Coal Baron Pressures Miners Into Bankrolling Romney: Report

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Donations, Energy Lobby, Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Money in Politics, Bob Murray, Murray Energy, Coal, Coal Mining, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Over at the New Republic, Alec MacGillis reports on the extent to which Ohio coal baron Bob Murray pressures his mining employees to underwrite the ca...

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Romney Backer's Coercion Sparks Fright

The New Republic | Posted 10.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Robert Murray, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Ohio, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney Ohio, Mitt Romney Coal, Mitt Romney, Coal, Murray Energy, Politics News

IT IS BOTH a pundit's truism and a mathematical reality that Mitt Romney's path to the White House runs through Ohio. And that path, in turn, runs thr...

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'Green News Report' - September 25, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.25.2012 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Fda, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Tar Sands, Video, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Clean Coal, Climate, Big Coal, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Democrats, Murray Energy, Barack Obama, Arctic, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Noaa, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Elizabeth Warren, Harold Hamm, Michael Mann, Wall Street Journal, Ozone Layer, Rachel Carson, Toxic Chemicals, Senate, Montreal Protocol, Ivory Coast, Ozone, Chevy Volt, Nate Silver, Oregon, Scott Brown, Trafigura, Cfcs, Silent Spring, Green News

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'Green News Report' - September 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2012 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Pbs, Green Jobs, Fuel Efficiency, Epa, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Fda, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Stephen Colbert, Tar Sands, Video, Electricity, Railroads, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Fukushima, Clean Coal, Climate, Big Coal, Nuclear Power, Carbon Dioxide, Mitt Romney, Environmentalism, Democrats, Murray Energy, Barack Obama, Arctic, Arsenic, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Tipping Point, Noaa, Donald Trump, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Bolivia, Japan, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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LISTEN: Mine Workers Attended Romney Rally For Fear Of Losing Jobs

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.29.2012 | Business

Read More: Video, Miners, Bain Capital, Century Mine, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Sensata Technologies, Bob Murray, Wwva, Murray Energy, REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 2012, Business News

Click play to listen to news radio WWVA's interview with Murray Energy Company executive Rob Moore. Would you give up a day’s pay to see Mitt Ro...

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Judge 'Outraged' At Utah Mine Collapse Deal

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.15.2012 | Green

Read More: Msha, Video, Genwal, Brandon Kimber, Dale Black, Utah Mine, Genwal Resources, Crandall Canyon, Genwal Mine, Genwal Resources Plea, Murray Energy, Ap, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah c...

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Disgraced Senator Resurfaces Lobbying For Big Coal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.22.2011 | Green

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Lobbying, Big Coal, Mining, Lobbyists, Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Coal, Larry Craig, Murray Energy, George Miller, Shelly-Moore-Capito, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Having left Congress after an embarrassing 2007 arrest, former Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has quietly reemerged in Washington as a lobby...

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Republican Global Warming Deniers Funded By Energy Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Climate Science, Green, Koch Industries, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pat Toomey, Global Warming Deniers, Murray Energy, Republican Party, Global Warming, Joe Sestak, Video, Green News

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey drew headlines when he said in a local radio interview on Friday, that the degree to which human activity is ...

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Oklahoma Sen. Inhofe Walks Out on TVA Disaster Hearings

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Did Sen. Inhofe have an important engagement -- something more important than the problem of one million pounds of arsenic being dumped in our drinking water?

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Mine Safety Agency Was "Negligent" In Protecting Utah Miners

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The Labor Department's Inspector General said Monday that the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's coal miners was "negl...

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Safety Fears Shut Another Murray Energy Mine In Utah

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

An energy company that owned the Crandall Canyon mine where nine people were killed in two collapses last August has shut another of its Utah coal min...

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