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Oklahoma Sen. Inhofe Walks Out on TVA Disaster Hearings

Dave Cooper | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

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Dave Cooper

Did Sen. Inhofe have an important engagement -- something more important than the problem of one million pounds of arsenic being dumped in our drinking water?

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Families Mark One-Year Anniversary Of Utah Mine Disaster

Salt Lake Tribune | Mike Gorrell | Posted 08.16.2008 | Home

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The whole character of the Crandall Canyon mine disaster changed, for the worse, one year ago this evening. At 6:38 p.m., without warning, the nor...

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Mine Safety Agency Was "Negligent" In Protecting Utah Miners

Huffington Post | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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The Labor Department's Inspector General said Monday that the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's coal miners was "negl...

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Utah's Tower Mine Set To Resume Operations

Salt Lake Tribune | Robert Gehrke | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics

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Federal safety regulators have given the go-ahead to resume operations at the Tower mine, where 170 miners have been idled since shortly after the dis...

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Max Follmer

Sticking With The Story: How One Newspaper Didn't Stop Digging

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.06.2007 | Home

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As Congress takes another look at the safety issues plaguing the nation's coal mines, a documentary team from PBS' Expose series is shining a spotligh...

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Max Follmer

Tougher Mine Safety Rules Clear Hurdle In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

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A panel of lawmakers investigating the August mine disaster that claimed nine lives at Crandall Canyon in Utah approved tougher mine safety rules Wedn...

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The Labor Department Should Stop Making Excuses About Mine Safety

Rep. George Miller | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

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Rep. George Miller

Preventable tragedies could continue to happen if we don't improve safety in the nation's mines, and Congress has a role to play in that effort.

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Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home

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Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...

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Mine Owner Murray Threatens Defamation Suits

The Salt Lake Tribune | Robert Gehrke | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

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Crandall Canyon mine co-owner Robert Murray is threatening to sue a professor and an editor over what he claims were defamatory statements regarding h...

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Utah Panel Considers Tougher Mine Safety Regulations

The New York Times | DAN FROSCH | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

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In the shadows of the Utah mountain where six miners were entombed and three rescue workers killed last month, a new mine safety commission will conve...

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