Report: Recent Violations ‘Quite Relevant’ to Mine Explosion

Even while Massey Energy is touting “another record setting year for safety,” the Charleston Daily Mail today has a different story:

Safety inspectors concluded as recently as last month that conditions at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine posed substantial and significant risks to miner

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Courting Olympia Snowe

After months of sometimes rancorous partisan debate, the Senate Finance Committee began its debate this morning on legislation to overhaul the nation’s dysfunctional health care system. It won’t be a quick process. Members of the panel are still slogging through their opening statements, which have been predictably dominated by the More…