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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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    The End of Mountaintop Removal Mining? It’s Complicated.

    APRIL 8, 2010 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: ohio valley environmental coalition, vivian stockman mountaintop removal mining, lisa jackson, coal mining, upper branch mine, environmental protection agency, epa, conductivity, west virginia highlands conservancy, cindy rank, appalachian center for the economy and the environment, joe lovett, west virginia economy, u.s. army corps of engineers, environment, west virginia, joe manchin, mining disaster, coal river, wendell berry, don blankenship, massey energy, mtr, u.s. energy policy, clean coal, there is no such thing as clean coal, politics, business

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