These videos are highlights of speeches given at the Friends of America rally Sept 7th in Holden, WV. Learn how to be an extremist, about Cap & Trade legislation, about Global COOLING and how the fairy tale of Green Jobs economy will bankrupt our country. Massey Energy was the major sponsor of this ralley.
These bold face lies will probably anger you or make you sick... or both.
Massey, the largest coal producer in Central Appalachia, owns and operates approximately 33 underground mines and approximately 11 surface mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia, with corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va. Massey controls 2.3 billion tons, or approximately one-third, of the coal reserves in Central Appalachia.
Massey violated its Clean Water Act permits more than 4,500 times between January 2000 and December 2006
Massey Energy Company Inc. agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky