New York Times: Massey Energy Mine Disaster was Preventable

WASHINGTON — The West Virginia coal mine disaster last year that killed 29 miners was a preventable accident caused by a relatively small flare-up of methane gas that touched off a huge coal dust explosion, federal mine safety officials said Wednesday. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times A memorial in July in Whitesville, W.Va., to the … Read more

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