West Virginia
Massey coal responsible for 29 miner deaths says independent report
May 19, 2011"The company broke faith with its workers by frequently and knowingly violating the law and blatantly disregarding known safety practices."
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Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast
March 24, 2011On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
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More indictments coming in Upper Big Branch disaster
March 2, 2011The indictment of the security supervisor at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch will be the first of many indictments after an explosion killed 29 West Virginia miners.
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“Rally for Coal”: which way for West Virginia?
January 31, 2011The EPA vetoed the permit for the Logan County mine, a symbol of the debate over mountain top removal mining that has been embroiled in litigation since 1998.
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Manchin vs. Raese in West Virginia – better swallow the toad
October 7, 2010Manchin's opponent, John Raese, a multi-millionaire (by inheritance), is an extremist Republican who would like to throw everything back to before child labor laws.
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