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Who’s Minding the Mines? A Look at Massey Energy’s Don Blankenship
On April 5, 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners. The incident was the worst coal mining disaster in the United States in forty years.
In the aftermath of the accident, much of the criticism of the company has focused on Massey’s CEO, Don Blankenship.
Opponents have long characterized the 60-year old Blankenship as an unscrupulous coal baron who flouts the law, buys political favor and sacrifices miner and public safety for the sake of profit.
Read my profile of Blankenship, and form your own opinion.
