coal
Massey manager charged with hiding cause of mine deaths
November 29, 2012Prosecutors charged Massey Energy mine manager David C. Hughart with covering up defiance of safety regulations and resulting dangerous conditions from government inspectors.
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Senate blocks GOP attack on clean air regulations
June 21, 2012The Democrat-dominated Senate defeated a move to crush EPA regulations on mercury and toxic chemical emissions from coal power plants.
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Mutated fish highlight the danger of selenium
March 6, 2012Selenium is a pollutant in 200 of the 1,294 locations designated by the U.S. governments as toxic Superfund sites (places contaminated with extremely hazardous substances).
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Mine owner to pay $210M for deadly explosion
December 7, 2011The owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 died in an explosion agreed to pay $210 million, the biggest ever payout for a disaster the government blamed on "the ruthless pursuit of profits ahead...
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“The Last Mountain”: The people versus Massey Energy
July 5, 2011An impassioned look at the environmental, climate, and health dangers -and unsafe working conditions - created by the coal industry.
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