CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Massey Energy shareholders have rejected a pair of environmental measures and re-elected Ohio State University President Gordon Gee to the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer's board.

Preliminary vote totals from today's annual meeting show Gee and three company nominees won seats on the board.

Environmentalists had been pushing Gee to resign over Massey's use of mountaintop removal mining, which involves blasting away ridges to find coal. They argued to practice runs counter to Gee's public efforts to promote green energy

The rejected environmental measures called for reports on lowering carbon dioxide emissions and a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Massey operates mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.