WASHINGTON, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the CtW Investment Group sent the following letter to the board of the Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) board calling for urgent action - including the rescinding of employment agreements with Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE) executives - in response to the findings of the West Virginia Governor's Independent Investigation Panel on the causes of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster.

In the news release, Don Blankenship To Retire; Baxter F. Phillips Jr. To Succeed as Massey CEO, issued 03-Dec-2010 by Massey Energy Company over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that Mr.

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Don Blankenship, will retire from the company effective December 30, 2010. Mr.

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship will be speaking at the Dahlman Rose Global Metals, Mining & Materials Conference at 11:00 a.m. on November 17, 2010 in New York City. Mr.

JULIAN, W.Va., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) confirmed today that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Kentucky seeking to close the Company's Freedom Energy Mine No.