Coal Company Raises Awareness of Cap and Trade

Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, helped organize a rally in southern West Virginia to raise awareness for the cap and trade legislation.

Mr. Blankenship said he wanted to show people at the event how government regulation is hurting the coal industry, driving up energy prices and making the country less competitive. "We're hopeful that through networking that they will educate their neighbors and that they'll all begin to speak out," he said. "We think that will make a difference."

The show was held in a reclaimed Logan County strip mine. It was headlined by Hank Williams, Jr., and featured Ted Nugent, who was the MC and who did some performing. Also in for the show was Sean Hannity from Fox News.

Said Mr. Blankenship, "We don't need a government that wants to shut down our coal mines. We don't want a government that wants to increase our power bills. ... We don't want a government that is run by people who believe they can change the Earth's temperature when they can't balance a budget."

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