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U.S. District Attorney Goodwin: Alpha "not a life, it's not a being, it can't go to jail."

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Dec. 07 (Opinion) - Montcoal, WV. 3:27 PM on Monday, April 5, 2010. It was the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years. Twenty months ago, just across the river from Coal River Mountain on Cherry Pond Mountain near its mountaintop removal mine, Massey Energy's underground mine at Upper Big Branch exploded.

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Who wants to frack with SA?

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Tectonic - By Andreas Späth - Apr. 13 (Opinion) - Shell has faced the flack about proposals to mine for natural gas in the Karoo, but there are others to name and shame.

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Ex-Leader of Bolivia Peasant Workers Near San Cristobal Mine Says Company Lied About Water Pollution, Demands Pay for Vast Water Usage

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Apr. 22 (Interview) - The Regional Federation of Peasant Workers of the South Altiplano (FRUCTAS) is a grassroots organization of community members from Nor Lipez province of the central Potosi region of Bolivia. They are in the midst of a struggle against the Japanese trading giant, Sumitomo Corporation which owns the massive San Cristobal mine. We speak with Francisco Quisbert Salinas, the ex-leader of FRUCTAS.

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Massey Disaster Not Just Tragic, but Criminal

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

TruthDig - By Amy Goodman - Apr. 13 (Opinion) - Massey Energy runs the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W.Va., where 29 miners were killed last week. The loss of life is tragic, but the UBB explosion is more than tragic; it is criminal.

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‘Zero Tolerance’ on Workplace Slaughter?

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

toomuchonline.org - By Sam Pizzigati - Apr. 10 (Opinion) - Windfall rewards give CEOs an incentive to put worker lives at risk. To see all workers safe, our most recent mining tragedy reminds us, maybe we need to end those windfalls.

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"We Are Tearing Down Our Mountains"

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Antrim Caskey - Mar. 31 (Interview) - The Environmental Protection Agency took a significant step last week toward blocking one of Appalachia’s largest and most disputed mountaintop removal coal mines. On Friday the EPA proposed a veto of the Clean Water Act permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Spruce No. 1 Mine in West Virginia. Earlier this month, we interviewed Antrim Caskey, a photojournalist who has been chronicling the nonviolent fight against mountaintop removal coal mining. Her new book is Dragline.

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Labor Struggle in Boron: Union Workers in CA Town Locked Out

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Terri Judd, Craig Merrilees - Mar. 31 (Interview) - The California mining town of Boron is the site of the second-largest borax mine in the world. A labor struggle is unfolding between some 600 workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 30 and the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. Workers at the mine have been locked out of their workplace for nearly two mont

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