Sago Mine

Federal Official: 'We've Got To Stay Focused On Mine Safety'

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Energy, Video, Mine Safety Complacency, Mountaintop Removal, Joe Main Mine Safety, Mines, Mine Safety, Sago Mine, Coal Mining, Joe Main, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — If there's one lasting cultural change Mine Safety and Health Administration Director Joe Main wants to make in both the fe...

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Dave Jamieson

How One Miner Took On Big Coal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Massey Energy, Miners, Big Coal, Regulation, Arch Coal, Sago Mine, Coal Lobby, Msha, Coal Miners, Appalachia, Video, Charles Scott Howard, Kentucky, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mining-Safety, George Miller, Upper Big Branch Mine, Tony Oppegard, National Mining Association, Politics News

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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Dave Jamieson

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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Man Dies At Pocahontas Coal Mine Listed By Congressman

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beckley West Virginia, West Virginia, Pattern of Violaiton, Icg, Regulation, Pocahontas Mine, Mine Safety, Coal Mine, Sago Mine, George Miller, Coal Mines, Upper Big Branch Mine, Politics News

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Max Follmer

Sticking With The Story: How One Newspaper Didn't Stop Digging

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety, Charleston Gazette, Sago Mine, Coal Mining, Mining, Home News

As Congress takes another look at the safety issues plaguing the nation's coal mines, a documentary team from PBS' Expose series is shining a spotligh...

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