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Charleston lawyer David Grubb passes out checks to jubilant miners Sunday at their union hall in Cannelton.

Nov. 28, 2009 Cap-and-Trade Bill Targets Coal Industry, Exports Jobs, Massey Energy's Don Blankenship Says in Interview With The Hill, a Prominent Washington Newspaper Special to Huntingtonnews.net Julian, WV -- In an extensive interview with The Hill newspaper last week on cap-and-trade legislation and other public policy issues, Don Blankenship, ...

In an extensive interview with The Hill newspaper last week on cap-and-trade legislation and other public policy issues, Don Blankenship, Chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, warned that a climate change bill would wreck the nation's coal industry, injure the U.S. economy and send manufacturing jobs overseas.

Bayer 's Virginia unit - which mostly makes pesticides - is at the center ofA multimillion dollar battle over coal.

Two activists with Climate Ground Zero remain in jail after a weekend protest over mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia .

Two activists with Climate Ground Zero remain in jail after a weekend protest over mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.

A Delbarton area man entered a plea of guilty Tuesday to one of three counts on which he was indicted by the September Grand Jury.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are investigating Massey Energy's mountaintop removal operation at its Bee Tree Mine.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials have launched an investigation of Massey Energy's Bee Tree Mine, the mountaintop removal operation where local citizen groups had hoped to instead locate a wind-energy facility.

This January, the University of Charleston will host a forum with Massey Energy president Don Blankenship and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a well-known environmentalist.

A group of Coal River Valley residents is speaking out about a Massey Energy Co.

A state Supreme Court justice says West Virginia's Freedom of Information laws are too narrow to fully serve the public's right to know, and some lawmakers are willing to look at changing the code.

Massey Energy Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are scheduled to face off in a debate on the environment Jan.

Campaign finance laws were meant as a way to make elections fairer, but the reality is that incumbents continue to enjoy numerous advantages over challengers.

Massey Energy says it has completed its purchase of 15 million tons of northern West Virginia coal reserves.

An attorney who came out on the losing end three times in a legal battle with Massey Energy says he hopes a lot of good comes from the long process.

Mayflies may seal the fate of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian hills of the eastern U.S. Companies such as Massey Energy Co.

Cabell County plans to hire someone to determine whether certain inmates should be released from jail pending trial as a way to cut costs.

Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America, criticized the West Virginia Supreme Court's 4-1 decision, released on Thursday, that threw out a $50 million Boone County verdict against Massey Energy.

Mayflies may seal the fate of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian hills of the eastern U.S. Companies such as Massey Energy Co.