Murray's exit could upend company's war on regulations

摘要

Murray Energy Corp.'s bankruptcy threatens to quiet the loudest and most litigious critic of environmental regulations in the coal industry. Under the proposed restructuring plan, the company's founder, Bob Murray, will step down as president and CEO. Murray will remain chairman of the board, and his nephew, Robert Moore, is taking over as chief executive of the country's largest privately held coal mining firm. Bankruptcy has put Murray Energy at the mercy of its creditors. And the new power dynamic jeopardizes the company's search-and-destroy approach to environmental policy.