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Calling on their campus to move beyond coal-and use previously donated coal company contributions to honor fallen Crandall Canyon coal miners, not MSHA-fined coal barons Bob Murray and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship-the West Virginia University Sierra Student Coalition presented over 1,000 petition signatures to WVU president Jim Clements today.
The petition called on the WVU president to "reject future donations from coal corporation CEOs Bob Murray and Don Blankenship, and demand that the WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources chair be named in honor of the miners who made the ultimate sacrifice, and not Murray, whose criminal negligence caused their death."
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