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Blankenship was paid $17.8 million (~$24.6 million in 2023) in 2009, the highest in the coal industry. It was a $6.8 million raise over 2008, and almost double his compensation package in 2007. Blankenship also received a deferred compensation package valued at $27.2 million (~$37.6 million in 2023) in 2009.
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- Donald Leon Blankenship, March 14, 1950 (age 73), Stopover, Kentucky, U.S.
Apr 24, 2024 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship hasn’t had much success running for office. He ran for the Senate as a Republican in 2018 and sought the White House in 2020 as a third party candidate. He lost badly both times but is on the ballot again in 2024, this time as a Democrat seeking the Senate seat being vacated by Joe Manchin.
Oct 3, 2022 · Published 7:25 AM PDT, October 3, 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was found guilty of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine before the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men.
Apr 6, 2016 · Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to willfully violate mine health and safety standards after a jury trial. He received a year in federal prison and a $250,000 fine for his role in the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
Jan 26, 2024 · Updated 2:09 PM PDT, January 26, 2024. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018, filed paperwork Friday to run as a Democrat for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Blankenship’s entrance into this ...
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Aug 26, 2019 · Aug. 26, 2019. A federal magistrate judge in West Virginia on Monday recommended overturning the conviction of Donald L. Blankenship, a former coal executive who served one year in prison after...
Dec 3, 2015 · Don Blankenship, West Virginia’s “King of Coal,” Is Guilty. For those hoping for a harsher penalty for the West Virginia coal baron Don Blankenship, this week’s compromise verdict was ...
