Massey Chief Gets a BIG Thumbs Down from Coalfield Residents

Nov. 10, 2004: Massey CEO Don Blankenship spoke on "Challenges Facing Southern West Virginia Coal Production" at the WV Energy Roadmap Workshop on National Coal Issues. Blankenship obviously considers coalfield residents and environmental laws "challenges" to his company’s ability to blow up mountains and bury streams with impunity.

As the Massey chief spoke inside the Charleston Marriot, about 60 Friends of the Mountains rallied outside (see photo below of a few of the protesters). We are fed up with both mountaintop removal coal mining and Blankenship’s buyout of democracy. Blankenship has admitted using $3.5 million (!) of his own money to fuel an exceedingly nasty campaign against WV Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw.