Don Blankenship, guilty of running his mines in an unsafe manner to maximize profits, is speaking today to members of the National Press Club. On April 5th, 29 of his miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Montcoal, WV. There will be numerous environmental activists attending this luncheon. There have been 52 mining deaths over the past 10 years. This is all in addition to the damage caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. If I were in attendance, would ask him these questions:
1) Do you understand how many lives you have endangered by subjecting your miners to unsafe, deadly working conditions?
2) Do you understand that the 29 lives lost on April 5th meant dozens more lives wrecked?
3) Do you understand that thousands of people in Appalachia have dirty drinking water, due to the explosives used by your company to flatten mountains?
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