At least four people are dead in San Bruno, Calif., after a natural gas pipeline break caused an explosion that leveled dozens of homes and damaged many others.
Quite a few questions remain about what caused the explosion and details are still unfolding. But the explosion will likely bring more attention More…
In a statement on its website, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf says:
Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ME) confirms that a fire has occurred at a production platform located on Vermilion Block 380, approximately 100 miles from the Louisiana coast. All 13 members of
A coal miner working at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine when it exploded last month, killing 29 colleagues, described the operation this week as “a ticking time bomb,” where the management valued production over safety and workers didn’t protest for fear of being fired.
“The ventilation system they had didn’t More…
Under fire for his company’s safety record following a deadly mining accident last month, Massey CEO Don Blankenship tried to shift the blame Thursday, telling Senate lawmakers that interference from federal regulators might very well have caused the disaster.
[Congress1] Not only did the Mine Safety and Health Administration force More…
Along with subsidies for nuclear power, expanded offshore drilling was supposed to be one of the key provisions to win the support of Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and conservative Democrats like Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) for comprehensive climate legislation. But the past few weeks have brought a number More…
Charleston, W.Va. — In my piece today, I quoted the wife of a worker at a Massey Energy coal mine who said the company denied her husband’s request to take time off to attend the funerals of friends who died in the April 5 explosion at Massey’s Upper Big More…
Every day, we’ve been updating our chart of safety violations at coal mines owned by Massey Energy, whose Upper Big Branch Mine suffered an explosion on April 5, killing 29 workers. And the numbers have been climbing at a pretty astounding rate. At Freedom Mine #1, across the Kentucky More…
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On Monday, April 5, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers and raised new questions about the safety record of Massey Energy, the company that owns the mine. But as Mike Lillis reported, other Massey mines have More…
Mike Lillis appeared on MSNBC’s The Ed Show last night, discussing the hundreds of safety violations racked up by Massey Energy, the company whose coal mine in West Virginia exploded on Monday, killing at least 25 workers. Watch the video clip after the jump:
The federal investigators readying their probe into the massive explosion that killed at least 25 West Virginia coal miners this week might take note: The dozens of other active tunnel mines owned by the same energy company have run up thousands of safety violations this year alone, according to a More…
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