Amid the growing allegations that Massey Energy, the Virginia-based coal giant, doesn’t do enough to protect its workers, the company last week was quick to trumpet a series of mine safety awards that recently came its way.
The reason for the self-promotion is clear: Massey has been More…
Add Randy Dingus to the growing list of Massey miners who have come forward in recent weeks with allegations that the Virginia-based company prioritized coal production above miner safety in Appalachia.
Dingus, a longtime Appalachian coal miner, told West Virginia Public Broadcasting that Massey’s safety rhetoric More…
The coal mine that exploded last month in West Virginia — killing 29 workers and all but killing a 30th — may be shuttered in the wake of the blast, but federal regulators continue to find safety problems there. As The Charleston Gazette’s Ken Ward Jr. reports today, More…
Driving out of Charleston, south on Rte. 119, you can’t miss it: an enormous billboard, on the left side of the road, with a message from the Patriot Coal Corporation: “Be Proud of Where You Work.”
Not merely self-promotional, the statement is also a thinly veiled shot at Massey Energy, More…
Turns out, it’s a number of the country’s largest banks.
In a report out today, several environmental groups rank nine of the biggest players on Wall Street based on their stated policies toward mountaintop removal coal mining, a process in which companies blast away Appalachian peaks More…
Our piece this morning describes the reluctance of Massey Energy workers to criticize the company for fear of losing their jobs in a part of the country where there are criminally few employment alternatives. As a result, it’s next to impossible to find miners or their families willing to talk More…
Charleston, W.Va. — Two weeks after the horrific explosion that killed 29 coal miners in southern West Virginia, it’s business as usual for the owner of the project.
[Environment1]Massey Energy, the Virginia-based coal giant that runs the Upper Big Branch Mine, has denied time
In 2006, after Congress passed the most significant mining reforms in three decades, a small group of Democrats offered a terse warning: The legislation, they said, didn’t go nearly far enough to prevent accidents and protect miners.
[Congress1]“Much more remains to be done to keep the nation’s More…
Massey CEO Don Blankenship said this week that piling up safety violations is simply a part of mining coal. He wasn’t kidding.
The Freedom # 1 Mine, a Massey-owned project in Pike County, Ky., has been cited with 54 safety violations in the four days since More…
The stock price for Massey Energy might have dropped today, following Monday’s explosion at the company’s Upper Big Branch mine. But don’t count the coal giant out just yet.
Despite the disaster, Wall Street analysts still see strong earnings potential in Massey. ABC News reports More…
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