Violations

Fire in Oslo Over Liu's Nobel Peace Prize

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Norway, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Rights, China, Oslo, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Violations, Iraq, Confucius Peace Prize, Geir Lundestad, Iran, Venezuela, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Cuba, Algeria, Kazakhstan, World News
Thor Halvorssen

China threatened "consequences" if governments supported Liu Xiaobo by attending the Nobel Prize ceremony this year. The strategy worked. More governments declined invitations than ever before.

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Lucia Graves

BP Defends Record As 'Safe And Reliable' Despite Hundreds Of Egregious Violations

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Bob Dudley, Texas-City-Oil-Refinery-Explosion, Safety Record, Gulf Coast Restroration, Violations, Green News

Despite a clear public record to the contrary, BP is continuing its public relations effort to define the blowout that has been spewing oil into the G...

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Jason Linkins

Massey CEO Blankenship Says His Critics Are 'Evil'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty Coal, Massey Energy, Video, Coal, President Obama, Mountaintop Removal, Don Blankenship, Violations, Epa, Green News, Msha, Eat the Press, Green News

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is really upset that after years of neglect and safety violations led to a terrible tragedy in his Upper Big Branch ...

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Computer Glitch Missed Eight Safety Violations At Upper Big Branch Mine

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msha, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Massey Energy, Violations, Regulation, Upper Big Branch, Computer Glitch, Coal Mine, George Miller, Coal, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A computer error prevented the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in an explosion last week from receiving a warning abo...

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Jason Linkins

Massey CEO Blankenship Has Complained About 'Nonsensical' Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty Coal, Massey Energy, Video, Coal, President Obama, Mountaintop Removal, Don Blankenship, Violations, Epa, Green News, Msha, Eat the Press, Green News

Another way of saying that the rules are "difficult to comply with" is to say: "On the other hand, we're just fine racking up multiple violations."

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Jason Linkins

Jeff Biggers: Hold Mining Industry 'Outlaws' Accountable (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kiran Chetry, Jeff Biggers, Video, Coal, Dirty Coal, Epa, Massey Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Msha, President Obama, Barack Obama, Violations, Green News, Eat the Press, Green News

CNN's Kiran Chetry conducted an interview today with Jeff Biggers, journalist and author of "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in th...

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Tip of Iceberg of Massey's Titanic Violations: 72-Foot Tidal Wave of Coal Sludge Looms Above Affected Mining Communities

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Violations, Massey Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Robert Byrd, Dirty Coal, President Obama, Coal, Msha, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As heroic rescue teams attempt to reach the missing miners, another potential disaster instigated by reckless Massey Energy regulatory violations and oversight looms above the very heads of these affected coal mining communities.

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Dan De Vaul, California Rancher, Jailed For Housing Homeless

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Rancher, Violations, Jail, Housing Homeless, San Luis Obispo, Sunny Acres Ranch, Dan De Vaul, Impact News

For eight years, Dan de Vaul has provided shelter for about dozens of homeless people on his 72-acre ranch. Now, the rancher is serving 90 days in ja...

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