Coal Mine CEO Blankenship's Revealing Tweets

[Ian David]

Coal Mine CEO Blankenship's Revealing Tweets

"Believe me yet? Global warming is a hoax and a Ponzi scheme."

Those are the words from a Feb. 19th tweet written by Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who is in the spotlight following the deaths of 25 miners at his company's Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

A CBS News review of Blankenship's tweets since early January finds him railing against environmentalists.

Blankenship takes the Sierra Club to task for tying up the legal system with "frivolous lawsuits." He criticizes environmentalist activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for taking government subsidies for his solar business, "RFK Jr. says green jobs will replace coal jobs. He's spending $1.4 billion to create 86 solar jobs. Massey employs 6000 workers. Do the math."

But on February 5th Blankenship had high praise for the federal agency that regulates his industry, the Mine Safety and Health Administration. He tweeted, "I applaud MSHA for recent focus on studying most common conditions/practices leading to accidents. Sounds very promising."



More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20001866-10391695.html

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/JohnD1967/status/11754424894


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By Mark Naymik, The Plain Dealer
July 29, 2008, 6:49PM

President Bush tours the Lincoln Electric Co. plant in Euclid along with company president George Blankenship*, right, followed by U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette, a Bainbridge Township Republican.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/07/20th_add.html

*Any relation?

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