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Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship is escorted by Homeland Security officers from the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, W. Va., on April 6, 2016. Blankenship has asked President Donald Trump to resist attempts in Congress to enhance criminal penalties for coal executives who violate mine safety and health standards.Blankenship, who recently was freed from federal prison, also asked the president in a letter Tuesday, May 16, 2017, to re-examine a federal investigation into the nation's worst coal mining disaster in four decades. (F. Brian Ferguson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (center) attended a memorial service in Charleston for the coal miners who died a year ago, one of several services held in the state. Massey Energy Co., owner of the Upper Big Branch Mine where the 29 miners died, shut down production at all of its Appalachian sites in tribute. The cause of the tragedy is still being investigated. (Associated Press)

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