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On March 19, 2009, William Bruno, a retired 30-year veteran of CONSOL energy,<ref>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=66439&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=534175&highlight=%20</ref> released a book entitled, [http://www.thekingrat.com/bio.html "The King Rat and His Court: Lessons in Corporate Greed."]
===NRA anti-Obama ad===
Consol Energy provided the [[National Rifle Association]] access to its [[Blacksville 2 Mine]] in West Virginia to film a television advertisement with an anti-[[Barack Obama]] message.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-09-22-589613148_x.htm?loc=interstitialskipcse | work=USA Today | title=UMW plans stoppage over NRA filming | date=2008-09-22 | accessdate=2010-04-30 | first=Tim | last=Huber}}</ref> The National Rifle Association intended to ask miners the question "How do you feel about having your Second Amendment rights taken away if Obama becomes president?" Word spread among pro-Obama miners who contacted their union, the [[United Mine Workers of America]], resulting in 440 miners taking the day off in a contract-sanctioned protest, and halted production at CONSOL's Blacksville 2 coal mine.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/mine-workers-protest-anti-obama-ad/?scp=1&sq=Obama%20campaign&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Mine Workers Protest Anti-Obama Ad | first=Steven | last=Greenhouse | date=2008-10-02 | accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>
===Coal slurry dam collapse===
The waste from the mine goes to the the Nolan Run impoundment near Lumberport, which stretches a half-mile across and holds about 2 billion gallons of water and slurry. On Nov 30, 2012, a worker on a bulldozer fell into the embankment when part of the saddle dike collapsed, which CONSOL was building to help raise the overall height of the facility to accommodate more slurry. A week later the worker had not been found and was presumed dead. Federal and state records showed previous questions about stability and leaks at the Nolan Run impoundment, and outlined company concerns that construction to enlarge the dump had not been moving fast enough to keep up with slurry waste generated by the nearby Robinson Run Mine.<ref>Ken Ward Jr., [http://wvgazette.com/News/201212050066 "Harrison County impoundment had previous problems, records show,"] Charleston Gazette, Dec 5, 2012.</ref>
==Methane Gas Drilling (Fracking)==
