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Blankenship Confirms that Coal Kills: "I'm a realist...Accidents are unavoidable."
22 Jul 10
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RAN activists just disrupted Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s talk at the National Press Club sending him a strong message:“Your coal is not Clean, Safe or Forever.” They were eventually escorted out by security.

Pictures. Video.

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15 Jul 10
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I have a theory that the powers that be are throwing Massey CEO and homicidal maniac Don Blankenship under the proverbial bus and not even looking for skid marks.

Here’s more evidence proving my point.

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Four lock themselves to equipment to stop MTR operations
15 Jul 10
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It was usually around July you could go up there and sit and it was like the annual bear gathering up there… The whole area was full of laurels. The bears had tunnels through them, it was so thick…What’s going on today you know with the Brushy Fork of course, that whole area has just about been stripped out now, and that’s all been taken away.” Ed Wiley on Coal River Mountain.

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Company Responsible for Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Actively Seeking to Silence Local Critics
29 Jul 10
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Moutaintop Removal is Dirty

Coen Brothers on 'Clean Coal'