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'Green News Report' - March 27, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Wind Power, Epa, Power Plants, Coal, Water Crisis, Msha, Water Wars, Mountaintop Removal, James Cameron, War, Coral Reefs, Senate, Tipping Point, Kevin Trenberth, Natural Gas, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

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Mine Safety Chief On Upper Big Branch: 'We Could've Done Better'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Msha, Dirty Coal, Video, Congress, Big Coal, Mining, West Virginia, Joseph-Main, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Coal, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration told lawmakers Tuesday on Capitol Hill that his agency wasn't responsible for the ...

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Panel Blames Regulation Enforcement For Deadly West Virginia Mine Explosion

AP | JOHN RABY | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Video, Massey Coal Mine, West Virginia Mine Explosion, West Virginia, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Green News

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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Official: Coal Mines Warning When Inspectors Show Up

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Msha, West Virginia Coal, Video, Msha Coal Companies, West Virginia Coal Mine, West Virginia, Coal Mine Inspectors, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Coal, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal companies are still illegally warning miners when federal inspectors ar...

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Judge 'Outraged' At Utah Mine Collapse Deal

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Msha, Video, Genwal, Brandon Kimber, Dale Black, Utah Mine, Genwal Resources, Crandall Canyon, Genwal Mine, Genwal Resources Plea, Murray Energy, Ap, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah c...

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Report: Inspectors Missed Problems Before WV Mine Accident

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Energy, Msha, Video, Upper Big Branch Coal Mine, Mining, West Virginia, Coal, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Ap, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Federal inspectors either missed problems at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine or failed to inspect the areas where the...

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Lone Miner's Death Tells 'Story Of The Appalachian Coal Miner'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Kentucky Miner, Richard Coots Miner, Mining Disaster, Richard Coots Kentucky, Owlco Mine, Owlco Energy, Workers, Owlco Safety, Owlco, Big Coal, Workplace Deaths, Owlco Energy Mine, Coal, Msha, Appalachia, Kentucky Mine, Labor, Mining, Richard Coots Owlco, Kentucky, Appalachian Mine, Richard Coots Jr, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Richard Coots, Tony Oppegard, Green News

Richard Coots, Jr. wasn’t killed in a massive explosion, and the accident that claimed him barely made a ripple of news beyond Eastern Kentucky. He ...

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Profits Before Safety Cost 29 Miners Their Lives: Feds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Massey Report, Coal Disaster, West Virginia, Massey Mine, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal, Coal Mining, Massey Mine Disaster, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal officials released a damning report Tuesday on the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, citing "corporate culture" at coal gia...

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GOP Targets Rule That Protects Rooftop Workers From Falling

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Msha, Video, Budget Cuts, Budget, Department of Labor, Workplace Safety, Worker Safety, Osha, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In addition to blocking President Obama's health care law and slashing funding for job training, the budget plan presented by House Repu...

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How One Miner Took On Big Coal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2011

WHITESBURG, Ky. -- On a July morning four years ago, Charles Scott Howard left his home in the mountains of Southeastern Kentucky and drove his pickup...

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Feds Cite Chronic Safety Failures In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Energy, Upper Big Branch West Virginia, Massey Energy, West Virginia Coal, West Virginia Mine, Big Coal, Massey, West Virginia, Department of Labor, Upper Big Branch, Coal, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Msha, Hilda Solis, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The federal agency tasked with overseeing mine safety released on Wednesday its preliminary findings on the Upper Big Branch Mine disast...

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Investigator Flays Coal Company In Upper Big Branch Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Big Coal, West Virginia, J. Davitt McAteer, Sago Mine, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Work Safety, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

NEW YORK -- The lead investigator examining the Upper Big Branch Mine tragedy lambasted coal company Massey Energy Thursday for failing to ensure the ...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Whistleblowers, Massey Coal Mine, Charles Scott Howard, Massey Energy Company, Robert Byrd, Arch Coal, Mine Safety, Anthony Bumbico, Upper Big Branch Mine, Politics News

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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Surprise Inspection Finds Dozens Of Serious Safety Violations At Massey Mine

AP | By TIM HUBER | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Massey Safety Violations, Energy, Msha, Massey Energy, Boone County Mine Violations, Massey Safety Violations 2011, Massey Violations, Massey, Randolph Mine, Randolph Mine Violations, Boone County Mine, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Inman Energy, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Troubled coal producer Massey Energy Co. has been cited for more than two dozen serious safety violations that could have caused ...

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Rand Paul: Mine Safety Regs Too Costly

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Msha, Department of Labor, Black Lung Disease, Labor, Rand Paul, Coal, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With American miners still succumbing to black lung disease, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed a plan to red...

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Is 'The Bar For Prosecution Too High' With Mine Safety?

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Energy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Mine Regulators, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Federal mine regulators need stronger laws to protect the nation's underground coal miners, particularly when it comes to pr...

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New Mine Safety Rules Would Result In Speedier Enforcement

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Virginia Mine Disaster, Msha, Mine Warning Letters, Msha Regulations, Massey Energy Company, Mining Regulations, Upper Big Branch Mine, Mining Warning Letters, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

RICHMOND, Va. — Federal regulators are proposing new safety rules that would result in speedier enforcement for mines that have shown a pattern ...

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Coal Dust Propagated Upper Big Branch Explosion: MSHA

Ellen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Upper Big Branch Explosion, West Virginia Mine Explosion, Massey Energy, Massey, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Massey Disaster, Upper Big Branch Disaster, Green News

The fatal April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine started with a frictional ignition on the longwall face involving as little at 13 cubic feet of methane that would not normally be expected to cause such devastation.

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Green News Report: January 6, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floods, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Epa, Regulation, Pipelines, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Apocalypse, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Gop, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Fish Kill, Arkansas, Bp, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, China, Desertification, Glaciers, France, John Boehner, Wikileaks, Msha, Infrastructure, Rising Sea Level, Judy Bonds, Mountaintop Removal, Incandescent Bulbs, Genetically Modified Food, John Kasich, Massey Energy, Gmos, White House Oil Spill Commission, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Creation Care, Mine Safety, Energy Efficiency, High Speed Rail, Fox News, Green News

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Black Lung Kills 1,000 Coal Miners Annually. Anybody Care?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Miners, Dirty Coal, Mining, Epa, President Obama, Msha, Clean Energy, Ken Ward, Coal, Joe Main, Coal Tattoo, Green News

For a Republican-led Congress about to take over Washington, DC, I hope the fate of the coal miners and their families and communities -- and our nation's dependence on dirty and deadly coal -- is not overlooked.

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Black Cross Movement Calls Out Dangerous Navajo Coal Mines (Photos)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Navajo Nation, Black Cross Alliance, Massey, Msha, Office of Surface Mining, Peabody, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Kayenta, Dinetah, Green News

As the Labor Department made an unprecedented move yesterday to file a court injunction to shut down a hazardous Massey Energy coal mine in eastern Ke...

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Washington Post Nails Coal Mine Death Crisis: Big Coal Runs "Clean Coal" Ad on Same Page?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, President Obama, Clean Coal, Mark Nowak, Tony Oppegard, Msha, Kentucky, Washington Post, Coal, Joe Main, Green News

In one of the most bizarre Big Coal public relations ads yet, online readers of the Washington Post today were forced to view a fatuous "clean coal" a...

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Inspector General: Mine Safety Regulator's Failures Start At The Top

Ellen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety Oig, Mine Safety Report, Msha Leadership, Mine Safety Problems, Green News

The MSHA's failure to improve the safety standards of repeat offenders results from a systemic lack of focus and leadership that spans decades, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the Inspector General.

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Massey Energy Hit With MORE Violations At Upper Big Branch Mine

blogs.wvgazette.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Coal Mine Disaster, Mining Disaster, Massey Energy, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

Federal inspectors have yet to get underground at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, but they've already hit the operation with another nearly two...

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Government Gets Tough on Mine Safety Violators

Ellen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Mine-Safety-Violations, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mining, Green News

A small Kentucky operator, with the reputation as being one of Mine Safety and Health Administration's most recalcitrant civil penalty violators, was slapped in a criminal case with two years probation and a $25 fine.

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