Tag Archives: Coal Mining

Anne Lewis : Corporate Crime Scene in West, Texas

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Putting on the makeup. Television reporter on the scene at the fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Photo by Patrick Bresnan / The Rag Blog. Getting the picture: Corporate crime scene in West, Texas How do … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : For Massey Energy, Safety Fines Just a Cost of Doing Business

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from BNET.Cost of doing business:Paying fines cheaper for Massey than making the mines safe By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2011 “Despite the tragedy at Upper Big Branch last year… some still aren’t getting it.” … Continue reading →

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Jeff Biggers : Thousands Honor Environmental Visionary Judy Bonds

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Julia ‘Judy’ Bonds. Painting by Robert Shetterly from his Americans Who Tell the Truth series.Coalfield visionary:Thousands pay tribute to Judy Bonds She has been to the mountaintop, and now we must fight harder to save it. By Jeff Biggers / … Continue reading →

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Anne Lewis : Don Blankenship and the A.T. Massey Crime Spree

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Don Blankenship, a “plump, soft-spoken accountant with a smirk.” Image from treehugger.com.The porcine man:Don Blankenship and theSordid history of A.T. Massey By Anne Lewis / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 [See Mine War on Blackberry Creek, the 30-minute … Continue reading →

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Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Deaths in West VirginiaDid not have to happen By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United … Continue reading →

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NASA Scientist, Actress Hannah, Arrested in Coal Mining Protest

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Actress Darryl Hannah is arrested by West Virginia State Police Tuesday, June 23, 2009 following a mountaintop removal mining protest in Naoma, W.Va. She was among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside Marsh Fork Elementary school that sits … Continue reading →

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If the World Stopped Burning Coal, This Would Be 80% of the Solution to Climate Change

Posted on April 25, 2009 by RagBlog

Paul Nolley, sophomore English and political psychology major, admires Beehive Designs artwork. Media Credit: Martha Warfel / Daily Vidette Photographer.Beehive Design Collective share stories of activistsBy Sam Schild / April 24, 2009 “Clean Coal Dirty Lie” is a sign held … Continue reading →

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‘Justice in the Coalfields’ : The Pittston Strike, April 5, 1989

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Trailer: ‘Justice in the Coalfields’ by Anne Lewis Anne Lewis’ provocative and skillfully produced documentary of the strike, Justice in the Coalfields, has had a profoundly formative influence not only on my understanding of the struggle, but larger issues of … Continue reading →

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