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March 07, 2008

British Coverage of Don Blankenship

Interesting story in a British paper about Don Blankenship, the Chairman of Massey Energy and the evil genius behind mountaintop removal mining. Here is the opening paragraph:

Is Don Blankenship the baddest guy in America? He is the chairman of Massey Energy, the company that blows up the mountains of West Virginia because that is the cheapest way of mining coal. A big man of 58 with a jutting moustache, he is a real-life version of Daniel Day-Lewis as the ruthless oilman of There Will Be Blood, nominated for an Oscar.

Click here to read the whole story.

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