West Virginia
Mine workers: Federal mine safety agency’s deficiencies helped lead to fatal disaster
March 9, 2012Mine Workers Pres. Cecil Roberts adds the agency was also victim of lack of funds and mis-directed priorities imposed by the GOP Bush government in the years before the blast.
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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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Miners demand prosecution of Massey execs
October 31, 2011Mine workers are now demanding criminal prosecution of 18 Massey Coal Company executives - including retired CEO Don Blankenship - for "industrial homicide."
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W.Va. Democrat Tomblin beats back right wing in governor’s race
October 6, 2011The tally in the low turnout election was just under 50 percent for Tomblin, 47.5 percent for Republican drilling executive Bill Maloney, with the remainder going for Mountain Party candidate.
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The meaning of Blair Mountain
July 6, 2011Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but coal operators pressed to have it removed in 2010.
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