Tag Archives: West Virginia

Dust-Up in Coal Country

Posted on October 1, 2010

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is under fire from his Republican opponent, John Raese, for supposedly undermining the coal industry. Raese’s ad is misleading, though. Even the coal producers disagree with it. The two are competing to fill the last two years of the late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd’s term. …
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Massey’s Mining Money

Posted on April 9, 2010

The West Virginia coal mining disaster that took more than two dozen lives this week brought Massey Energy Corp., the nation’s fourth largest coal company, into the spotlight. The company and its CEO, Don Blankenship, have never been shy about involvement in the political process. According to the Center for …
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