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Panel Blames Regulation Enforcement For Deadly West Virginia Mine Explosion

AP | JOHN RABY | Posted 03.24.2012

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration could have prevented or reduced the likelihood of an April 2010 explosion in so...

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West Virginia Mine Boss Gary May Charged in Fatal Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.22.2012

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Federal prosecutors in West Virginia filed criminal charges on Wednesday against a former senior supervisor of the Upper Big Branch coal mine, where a...

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Former West Virginia Mine Boss Charged

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.23.2012

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corp...

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House Dems: Coal Industry Rep Gave 'Questionable' Testimony On Whistleblower Retaliation

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats have accused a coal industry representative of giving "questionable" testimony during a hearing on mine safety reform ea...

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Massey Rejects Feds Findings On Mine Explosion

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Massey Energy Co. on Friday rejected nearly every part of the federal government's theory on what caused the deadly explosio...

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Mining CEO Defiant After West Virginia Disaster Announces Retirement

AP | VICKI SMITH and MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Massey Energy Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the month, finishing a nearly ...

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Capitalism didn't save the miners

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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The WSJ published a ridiculous article yesterday that claims Capitalism saved the Chilean miners, and opens with a boldface lie when writer Daniel Hen...

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Feds: West Virginia Mine Contained Excess Of Highly Explosive Coal Dust Prior To Disaster

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,400 samples collected inside West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine show excessive amounts of coal dust were pres...

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Doomed West Virginia Miners Warned Of Coal Dust

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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JULIAN, W.Va. — About the time Michael Elswick was wrapping up work deep inside the Upper Big Branch mine, he phoned a colleague on the surface ...

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West Virginia Mine Explosion Leads To More Enforcement And Disclosure

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was back on April 5, right around the afternoon shift change, when methane gas or coal dust or both suddenly ignited in the Upper Big Branch coal m...

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New Evidence Of Explosive Methane Levels Found In West Va. Mine

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal official says a handheld meter found deep inside the Upper Big Branch mine detected explosive levels of methane be...

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West Virginia Mine Explosion Investigator: Methane May Be Bubbling Up

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Scroll down for full story: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal official says a handheld meter found deep inside the Upper Big Branch mine det...

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Coal Giant: Don't 'Rush To Judgment' Blaming Us For West Virginia Mine Explosion

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A 36-foot crack in the Upper Big Branch mine isn't venting methane and didn't contribute to a blast in April that killed 29 ...

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Doomed West Virginia Mine Slated To REOPEN Despite Ongoing Investigations

AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Massey Energy plans to resume extracting coal by constructing a new entrance to its Upper Big Branch mine within months, des...

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HuffPostTV: Dan Froomkin Talks Mine Safety On C-SPAN (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost Senior Washington Correspondent Dan Froomkin appeared on C-SPAN on Friday to discuss coal mine safety and a recent National Press Club appear...

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The Ethical Responsibility of Engineers and the Rest of Us, Too (Part 2)

Brian D. McLaren | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shouldn't every gathering of a community of faith either explicitly or implicitly strengthen our expanding ethical commitment to the common good?

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Massey CEO Don Blankenship's Bad Week Ahead

Swamp Politics | Kim Geiger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship has a tough week ahead. Blankenship, whose actions at the Massey helm have been under scrutiny after a massive e...

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Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster: Justice Department Investigating Massey For 'Willful Criminal Activity'

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors said Friday they are investigating whether there was "willful criminal activity" by the company that operates t...

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Massey Mine Disaster Investigation: Initial Probe Will Be Conducted Behind Closed Doors

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have decided not to convene a public hearing in the early stages of their investigation into the deadly explosio...

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Eco Etiquette: How Can I Reduce My Oil Footprint?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. Seeing what's happening w...

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The Capitalist Hagiography Has Little Room for Saints

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a corporation falls short of regulatory standards it does not do so accidentally. Rather, it is a calculated choice based on risible enforcement efforts and piddling penalties passed by legislators on the take.

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Common Theme of Gulf Oil Spill, Wall Street Collapse: Unrestrained Corporate Recklessness

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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International corporations have no loyalty whatsoever to our country or its welfare. They are huge, free-floating international organizations dedicated to only one goal: making as much money as possible for themselves.

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Massey and Mine Safety and Health Administration Missed Many Opportunities to Avert Crisis

Ellen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given what we know from a 2006 crisis at another Massey Energy mine, why was the company not on a heightened alert to these fire-fighting equipment problems at Upper Big Branch?

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Mine Disaster Company Sues Mine Safety Regulator For Allegedly Violating Its Constitutional Rights

Wall Street Journal | KRIS MAHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Massey Energy Co. sued the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration and three of its officials Tuesday, arguing that the agency wouldn't approve ...

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Climate Denial -- or Just Plain Evil?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do Blankenship's recklessness and indifference to the fate of others make him an outlier in his industry? Sadly, the answer's no.

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