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  2. The Coal Mine Disaster Shows Economics Still Trumps Safety - AOL

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    This week's coal mine disaster in West Virginia brings with it grim but familiar images and headlines, a new chapter in American coal mining's sometimes tragic legacy. The accident also reminds us ...

  3. Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The law establishes minimum requirements uniform for all surface coal mining on Federal and State lands, including exploration activities and the surface effects of underground mining. Mine operators are required to minimize disturbances and the adverse impact on fish, wildlife and related environmental elements and maintain the integrity of ...

  4. Upper Big Branch Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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    In April 2012, coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR), the owner of the mine at the time, said it will permanently close its Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted in 2015 of a misdemeanor conspiring to willfully violate safety standards and was sentenced to one year ...

  5. Environmental issues in Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    The Martin County coal slurry spill occurred on October 11, 2000 when the bottom of a coal slurry impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Martin County, Kentucky broke into an abandoned underground mine below. The slurry came out of the mine openings, sending an estimated 306,000,000 US gallons (1.16×109 L; 255,000,000 imp gal) of slurry down ...

  6. Hobet Coal Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Hobet 21 Coal Mine site is currently defunct and in 2016, former West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin proposed developing the environmentally degraded former coal field. [1] This residential, industrial and commercial development plan is intended to offset the economic impacts from the declining coal industry, but has been called "a long ...

  7. Vintage photos show how dangerous railways, mills, and ... - AOL

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    In 1909, one of the worst mining disasters in US history occurred when a fire erupted at the St. Paul Coal Company's mine in Cherry, Illinois. It trapped over 200 miners underground. It trapped ...

  8. Sago Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, United States, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and collapse trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived. [ 1 ]

  9. Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death ...

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    A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured ...

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