Articles tagged as: massey energy
Protesters of Massey Coal Blasting Cited for Tresspass
February 4, 2009
PETTUS, West Virginia, February 3, 2009 (ENS) – Fourteen people were arrested today at a Massey Energy mountaintop removal coal mine site for trespassing on company property while staging a protest of blasting they say will endanger communities on Coal River Mountain. Five activists with Climate Ground Zero and pan-Appalachian Mountain Justice who locked themselves [...]
Read More »Toxic Spills to Appalachian Waters Cost Massey Coal $20 Million
January 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2008 (ENS) – The fourth largest coal company in the United States, Massey Energy, has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. This is the [...]
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