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The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement
DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM
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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Hey Mitt, Corporations AREN’T People Too
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 8:35AM
Topics: politics, law, corporate personhood, republican primary race, mitt romney, conservative thought, corporations are people too, idiotic statements, legal fictions, legal personhood, 14th amendment issues, supreme court chief justice john g. roberts, citizen’s united, adam smith, massey energy, don blankenship, nra, abc news
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What’s a National Sacrifice Zone?
JUNE 8, 2011 8:30AM
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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Food Stamps Soar, Jobs Offshore
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: muckrock food stamp article, economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, food stamps, snap, supplmentary nutrition assistance program, growth in food stamps, polaris, offshoring, manufacturing, recovery, hunger in america, whirlpool, dell, pipestone wind turbine plant, suzlon, minneapolis star tribune, “the old world”, india, china, brazil, atvs, u.s. manufacturing in mexico, economic policy institute, massey energy, job-based economy, ted c. fishman, “polaris exec defends plan to shift some manufacturing to mexico”, “numbers on food stamps are soaring”, “in u.s., 14% rely on food stamps”, “these families shop when aid arrives”, new york times, wall street journal
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The End of Mountaintop Removal Mining? It’s Complicated.
APRIL 8, 2010 8:30AM
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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