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position Chairman and CEO
industry
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Donald Leon "Don" Blankenship (born March 14, 1950) is the Chairman and CEO of Massey Energy Co., the sixth largest coal company (by 2008 production) in the...

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polluter #4

Don Blakenship

status I don't believe climate change is real
1 September 2010

In October, 2009, the Yes Men took the irresponsibility of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce into their own hands, holding a press conference on behalf of the Chamber to announce what changes in their position on climate change need to be taken in order to support effective solutions.  A Chamber employee crashed the conference before it concluded, putting the Chamber in a position where it had to clarify that it still was opposing legislation and other efforts designed to address global warming.

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22 July 2010

David Roberts, “Massey Energy CEO is a really bad dude”, Grist, 24 Oct 2006

http://www.grist.org/article/don-blankenship-seventh-scariest-person-in-...

22 July 2010

Michael Shnayerson, “The Truth About Don Blankenship,” Vanity Fair, April 15, 2010

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/04/the-truth-about-don-blank...