Category Archives: coal

Pro-Coal P.R. Ramping Up

October 5, 2009 – 2:01 pm

What is going on here? Big Coal is actually so concerned about tree-climbing activists that they’re spending oodles of money to drown cries of opposition with half-baked, stock footage platitudes … since when did hippies command that kind of attention? From the Lexington Herald-Leader:
HAZARD — Environmentalists’ campaigns against strip mining and coal-fired power plants have [...]

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Critical Massey

March 27, 2009 – 2:30 pm

Massey Energy is sacrificing one of its own in what appears to be a rare occurrence of reality actually being heeded by King Coal. Reversing an earlier plea of not-guilty, Massey foreman David Runyon will instead plead guilty to one misdemeanor count regarding the tragically lax safety procedures at the Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 [...]

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‘Clean coal harnesses the awesome power of the word clean’

February 26, 2009 – 11:33 pm

www.thisisreality.org

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Winning ❤’s & Minds (Plus A Judd, Too)

February 18, 2009 – 3:59 am

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We’re well into our interview when Governor Steve Beshear entered the room.
“Hope I’m not interrupting,” he said, his smile bright.
Everyone in the stuffy conference room stood to attention but me; given the logistics of where I’d been seated, my chair would’ve blocked his Governorship’s access to Ashley Judd (a big no-no).  Handshakes were exchanged, and [...]

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I Love Mountains Day — today!

February 17, 2009 – 9:15 am

Hey folks, 
Today is I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. Go show your support for coalfield families and ecosystems that have been hurt, damaged or destroyed entirely by mountaintop removal coal mining. Or just get a peek at Ashley Judd. 
Here’s today’s schedule: 
 
11 a.m.   KFTC members and supporters will gather at the Kentucky River where Capitol Ave [...]

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Coal crazy

December 15, 2008 – 1:42 pm

Notorious global warming denier, coal humper, judge-buyer and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship made a speech last month in which he chucked up some of the luniest pro-coal agitprop we’ve ever heard. Pete Altman of the NRDC has all the goods on his blog. Gotta see it to believe.

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