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On 35th Anniversary of Mine Safety and Health Act, Still More Work to Do

Sen. Tom Harkin | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Read More: Robert Byrd, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Mining, Labor, Coal Mine Safety, Msha, Politics News
Sen. Tom Harkin

We must keep pressing forward with the legacy of the Mine Safety and Health Act. It is far too important, and too many lives are at stake, to give up now.

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Dave Jamieson

Miner Takes On Coal Company

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.29.2013 | Business
Read More: Msha, Labor, Mining, Reuben Shemwell, Kentucky, Discrimination, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Workplace Safety, Coal Mining, Coal, Tony Oppegard, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Within the last 17 months, Kentucky miner Reuben Shemwell got fired from his welding job, sued by his former employer and effectively bl...

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Dave Jamieson

Outgoing Labor Secretary: GOP Attacks Were 'Outrageous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.19.2013 | Politics
Read More: Hilda Solis Obama Cabinet, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Economy, Economic Crisis, Labor Department, Workplace Safety, Los Angeles, Msha, Labor, Video, Hilda Solis Labor, Hilda Solis, Workplace, Jobs Report, Economic Recovery, Upper Big Branch Mine, Hilda Solis Labor Secretary, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Four years ago, when she was considering becoming President Barack Obama's secretary of labor, Hilda Solis said many friends asked why s...

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Utah Coal Mine Operator To Pay Nearly $1 Million In Fines

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 11.27.2012 | Green
Read More: US Mine Safety, Crandall Canyon, Coal, Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse 2007, Crandall Canyon Settlement, Msha, Msha Utah, Utah Coal Mine, Utah Mine Collapse, Crandall Canyon Mine, Ap, Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse, Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse Settlement, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The operator of the Utah mine that collapsed in 2007, killing nine people, has reached a $949,351 settlement with the federal ...

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Dave Jamieson

'Playing Politics With People's Lives'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Jay Rockefeller, Miners, West Virginia, Black Lung Disease, Mine Safety, Workplace Safety, Coal, Coal Lobby, Dirty Coal, Msha, Video, Mining, Denny Rehberg, Kentucky, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Black Lung, National Mining Association, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Someday, a device known as the personal dust monitor could save coal miners a lot of misery. The "PDM," as it's known in mining circ...

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'Green News Report' - March 27, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.27.2012 | Green
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
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Warning -...

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Dave Jamieson

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.27.2012 | Politics
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 | Green
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 | Green
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 | Green
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 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.02.2012 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

Profits Before Safety Cost 29 Miners Their Lives: Feds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.06.2011 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

GOP Targets Rule That Protects Rooftop Workers From Falling

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.30.2011 | Politics
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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Dave Jamieson

How One Miner Took On Big Coal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2011 | Politics
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

Feds Cite Chronic Safety Failures In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.29.2011 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

Investigator Flays Coal Company In Upper Big Branch Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.19.2011 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.16.2011 | Politics
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 | Green
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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Dave Jamieson

Rand Paul: Mine Safety Regs Too Costly

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics
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 | Green
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 | Green
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 | Green
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
Ellen Smith

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 | Green
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
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The new m...

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

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Coal Miners, Dirty Coal, Mining, Epa, President Obama, Msha, Clean Energy, Ken Ward, Coal, Joe Main, Coal Tattoo, Green News
Jeff Biggers

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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