Topic: Massey Energy Company

Massey denies Sierra Club lawsuit claims on water

AP News - 608 days ago
Massey Energy denies Sierra Club legal claims that subsidiaries violated Clean Water ActFive Massey Energy subsidiaries contend a 2008 settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency bars a lawsuit by the Sierra Club and three other environmental groups.The federal lawsuit filed in April ...
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Mining the Mountains

Smithsonian - 701 days ago
Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...

Seeing Red On Cap And Trade

Forbes - 864 days ago
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass., are expected to introduce legislation to curb climate change.. It's the Senate's version of a bill the House of Representatives passed in June known as "Waxman-Markey" for its primary sponsors. Among them is Don Blankenship, ...

Four national organizations call on OSU President Gordon Gee to resign from Massey Energy Board

Environmental News Network - 1003 days ago
Four national organizations -- Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Earthjustice -- have called on Ohio State University President Gordon Gee to step down from the board of Massey Energy. In a letter to Gee, the four groups wrote "Your ...

Mining the Mountain

Smithsonian - 1147 days ago
Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...

Coal v. wind: Energy fight rages in W.Va.

AP News - 1203 days ago
Mountaintop removal mines raise stakes in battle for Appalachia's energy futureTacked to the front porch of a cabin atop Kayford Mountain is a sign. Massey plans to start work as soon as federal regulators approve.But Gibson and others propose a future in ...
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