Related: Coal Miner's Slaughter
Yes, in this case it is the same thing: US regulators in bed with industry!
And then they play the political blame game with the press fooleys!
"Energy firm fined by US; Mine accidents weren’t reported" by Tim Huber, Associated Press | August 18, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Government investigators have cited
In what is known as a Cover-Your-Own-Ass exercise!
Just four of the alleged violations directly involve the explosion. The rest occurred between January 2008 and early this year. Among other things, they involve unreported roof collapses, assorted injuries, and two instances of miners exercising their right to move out of dusty areas of the mine because they contracted black lung disease.
All were supposed to be reported. The mine safety agency said the citations were issued because it did not learn of the violations until it performed an audit stemming from its investigation of the explosion. The blast is the subject of a federal criminal investigation.
Massey is reviewing the citations and records at its other operations to determine why violations might not have been reported, spokesman Jeff Gillenwater said. Massey operates dozens of coal mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia.
“We agree with some citations and disagree with others,’’ Gillenwater said....
The citations raise new questions about Massey’s safety record....
A United Mine Workers official said the report confirms what the union has long heard.
Spokesman Phil Smith said, “We’ve been hearing stories about this a long time. This is not the stuff of rumors. This is the stuff of fact.’’
Hey, who listens to workers?
Either shaddup or we will get someone else!
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And never let it be said that facts will stop an agenda-pushing newspaper or government:
"CO2 pricing key to cutting coal wastes, panel says" by Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press | August 13, 2010
WASHINGTON — The key to developing technology to store coal plants’ pollution underground is charging them for the carbon dioxide they release into the air, a presidential task force says.
Flush that toilet, will you? Something stinks.
The experimental technique is aimed at reducing pollution blamed for contributing to global warming.
Yeah, it had that oh-so-familiar smell.
In a report released yesterday, the task force says that without a price for carbon pollution, there is no framework for investing in the underground storage technology, known as carbon capture and storage.
You SMELLING the FLOWERS, America?
Coal-fired power plants are the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions, which is why the Obama administration is aggressively pushing for cleaner coal technologies, says the report. The Energy Department is funding demonstration projects with $4 billion in federal funds, matched by more than $7 billion in private investments.
Actually, I would rather you deal with the ASH PITS before ANOTHER CATASTROPHE occurs!
Senate Democrats were forced to shelve climate legislation advanced by John F. Kerry of Massachusetts and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, an independent, because they could not get any Republicans to support it. The Republicans assailed the bill as a national energy tax and jobs killer, arguing that the costs would be passed on to consumers in the form of higher electricity bills and fuel costs....
A big issue is liability costs if something goes wrong.
Meanwhile, a METHANE BUBBLE is forming in the Gulf because of what BP did!
A sudden release of large amounts of carbon dioxide can kill by asphyxiation.
And I'm sure YOU are to BLAME, human!
Maybe this idea is -- like all other government ideas -- NOT A GOOD ONE!
The que$tion now is CUI BONO?
In 1986, about 1,700 people died when a cloud of carbon dioxide escaped from a volcanic lake in Cameroon.
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