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    The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 4838 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    What’s a National Sacrifice Zone?

    JUNE 8, 2011 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: environment, energy policy, coal, denise giardina, blair west virginia, marmet west virginia, march on blair mountain, robert f. kennedy jr., blair mountain massacre, national sacrifice zone, appalachian coalfields, southwestern west virginia, logan county, mingo county, matewan, emmylou harris, kathy mattea, ashley judd, massey energy, don blankenship, brushy fork impoundment, bob edwards show, denise giardina, coal river mountain watch, clara bingham and bill haney, “the last mountain”, mountaintop removal mining, mtr

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1008 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    'Coal or nuclear?' is the wrong clean energy mentality

    APRIL 13, 2011 4:39PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: nuclear waste, toxins, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, arsenic, lead, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, radiation, fukushima, flooding, mountaintop removing mining, acid mine drainage, energy consumption, power plants, energy efficiency, energy, environment, pollution, coal power plants, coal, coal power, nuclear power plants, nuclear power

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 3355 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The New American Dream Give Us All Gain, No Pain

    MARCH 25, 2011 3:49PM

    By Reiko Eoh


    Topics: coal, donald_trump, epa, julian_assange, citizen's_rights, charlie_sheen, health_care_reform, oil, nuclear_power, federal_budget, president_obama, middle_east, gaddafi, american_dream, cartoon_saturday, politics, news

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 1853 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Movement to End Mountaintop Removal Raises Hell in D.C.

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 1:25PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, west virginia, mtr, mountaintop removal, change, president obama, obama, jobs, clean energy, energy, coal, activism, enthusiasm gap, voting, elections, reporting the midterms, news, politics, environment, environmental

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1368 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Price of Industrialization II: "What will our children eat?"

    AUGUST 10, 2010 9:04AM

    By Leah Prestamo


    Topics: environment, village, mining, global warming, coal, culture, human rights

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 2551 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Death toll rising- WV Deadly Coal Mine Explosion-

    APRIL 5, 2010 11:53PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: travel, television, technology, science, politics, open call, news, health, environment, business, wv, west virginia, coal mine, coal, explosion, celebrateme, hmmm, kim_hartman, disaster, death, massey, methane gas

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