Mining Disaster

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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Plugging a Weasel Hole in West Virginia

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Mining Disaster, Freedom of Information, Coal Mining, Blankenship, West Virgina, Elliot Spike Maynard, Freedom of Information Law, West Virginia House of Delegates, Brian Farkas, Weasel Hole, Hugh Caperton, Politics News

In West Virginia, where the political system has failed the people, the courts have become the last refuge of justice. What then, when the state's highest court is a repository for the lowest political motives?

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Declaration of Clean Energy Independence: We Need a Road Map to a Coal Free Future

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Appalachia, Lisa Jackson, Dirty Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Green Jobs, Epa, President Obama, Kentucky, Coal Ash, Clean Energy, Illinois, Black Lung, Coal, Green News

In the wake of the worst coal mining disaster in 40 years, compromise and political machinations this spring have resulted in a regulatory crisis of f...

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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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The Gulf Oil Spill Will Change the Politics of Energy and Environment

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Obama Administration, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Green News

The politics of energy were transformed on April 20th when a BP oil rig exploded and started spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of ...

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Another Violation-Ridden Mine Death, Another "Wildcat Coal Lodge" Baron Scandal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Joe Craft, Dirty Coal, Wildcat Coal, Big Coal, Joseph Craft, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Coal Lodge, Coal, Coal Cats, Uky, Green News

Once again, our hearts and prayers go out to the families of coal miners--this time in western Kentucky--as reports emerge of a mine collapse at the Alliance Resource Partners' Dotiki Mine in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

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BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come: Four Scenarios for the Next Energy Mega-Disaster

Michael T. Klare | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, Environmental Disasters, Gulf Oil Spill, Environmental Disaster Scenarios, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Green News

As long as the industry continues its relentless, reckless pursuit of "extreme energy" -- oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium obtained from unsafe areas -- more such calamities are destined to occur.

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The Simple (Tragic) Case for Unions: Montcoal, West Virginia

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Montcoal-West-Virginia, Massey Energy, Mining Disaster, West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion, Montcoal, Massey Explosion, Politics News

When Unions strive to protect American workers and jobs and eliminate unfair trade practices, that is not being anti-growth and it is certainly not protectionism. It's just the opposite.

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An Environmental Disaster We CAN Avoid: Canadian Mining in Guatemala

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Paula Todd, Stephen Harper, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Gold Mining, Ctv, Canada, Environmental Disaster, Water Contamination, Poison, Human Rights, Water Pollution, Goldcorp, Mining, Water, Environment, Guatemala, Green News

The disaster of BP should be a lesson to the world: stop environmental abuses before they escalate to unmanageable levels. In other industries, the same inevitable environmental destruction must be avoided.

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Op-Ed: Massey Energy Chose Profit Over Safety Regulations

Editorial | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty Energy, Energy, Coal Regulations, Mining Disaster, Massey Energy, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Coal, West Virginia Coal Mine, Green News

Federal safety inspectors cited the Raleigh County operation thousands of times for dangerous law violations, including buildup of explosive methane a...

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Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster: Should Investigation Be Public?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Mine Disaster Hearing, West Virginia, Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Mine Hearing, Mine Disaster, Politics News

Ken Ward Jr., who writes the 'Coal Tattoo' blog for West Virginia's Charleston Gazette, argued on Monday that the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administ...

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Obama Administration Missed Chance To Get Tougher On Unsafe Mines

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Mine Safety, Mining Disaster, Massey Energy, Obama Mining, Msha, Mining Safety, Mine Safety, Upper Big Branch Mine, Obama Mine Safety, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Politics News

Long before the explosion that killed at least 25 coal miners inside Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine on Monday, Obama administration mine safety...

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