Robert E. Murray
American mining engineer and businessmanWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
Steve MilloyGUEST
Yeah, so I'm old enough to remember when, um, you know, mountaintop mining was an environmental catastrophe, and so now they're gonna do the same thing but put solar panels there? I mean, that's just, you know.
Steve MilloyGUEST
I mean, even my old boss, Bob Murray, who, um, you know, ran the largest privately-owned coal company in the US, even he was upset at mountaintop mining.
Steve MilloyGUEST
Now there's gonna be mountaintop solar.
Steve MilloyGUEST
It's crazy.
Devin StoneHOST
John also loves to test the boundaries of defamation law, and his most famous legal skirmish was referenced in the Bucky segment.
Devin StoneHOST
In 2017, Last Week Tonight aired an episode about the coal industry that took aim at Bob Murray, the CEO of Murray Energy.
Devin StoneHOST
John accused Murray of fighting mine safety regulations, misrepresenting the cause of the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster, and being less than sincere about his concern for his miners.
Devin StoneHOST
He also compared Murray to a geriatric Dr.
Devin StoneHOST
Evil.
John OliverSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So I have to proceed with caution.
John OliverSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm not going to say, for instance, that Bob Murray looks like a geriatric Dr. Evil-
speaker_8UNKNOWN
[laughs]