Arrested: wouldn't budge for sludge.

PositionOn the Line - Cecil Roberts on Massey Energy - Brief Article

Inez, Kentucky

United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts was among eleven people arrested on March 14 for protesting the environmental record of Massey Energy and its Kentucky-based subsidiary, Martin County Coal.

Last fall, the company allegedly spilled several hundred million gallons of thick, black goo into the Big Sandy River and its feeders. The sludge killed fish and wreaked havoc on...

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