Massey Energy Plans Expansion
This story is actually a week or so old, until today I couldn’t decide what I wanted to say about it. Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, recently told Wall Street analysts he intends to open a new mine every 17 days this year. He said the biggest problem would be finding the 300 to 400 [...]
Hostility Meets It’s Match
After some thinking and some provoking and Blues last post – this blogger has declared outright war on the coal industry. If you bring hostility to this blog, be prepared to meet the same. I was naive in thinking we could talk about this like grownups. This is a war and the time for talking [...]
Riddle Me This
“We’ve been trying to help schools and young people in West Virginia for a long time and its one of several ways we try to do that by improving the facilities or the educational opportunities or materials they have available,” said Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. Students Visit Boone County Mine to Celebrate Arbor Day [...]
Blankenship Shows True Colors To ABC News
This story is the buzz at the moment in the stop mountaintop removal community. Coal Boss: If You Take Photos, ‘You’re Liable to Get Shot’ I’ve mentioned on blogs a few times about bully tactics from the friends of coal and I have called them bullies on numerous occasions. This story is the perfect example [...]
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