Coal Mining
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Miner's union accuses W.Va. mine operator Massey of industrial homicide
Comment29 men were killed in 2010 at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine, and the nation's largest mine workers union blames the company for lax safety procedures and operations that caused the explosion.
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Travel into the dark heart of a West Virginia coal mine (PHOTOS)
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Tired of this heat? Then go where it's 58 degrees all the time, the Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, W.Va. Just watch out for widowmakers, exploding methane and black lung.
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RFK, Jr., Mattea, 1,000 marchers protest mountaintop removal coal mining
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., country singer Kathy Mattea and more than 1,000 environmental activists, labor union members and Appalachian coalfield residents capped a 50-mile march to the foot of historic Blair Mountain with a rally Saturday against large-scale surface coal mining.
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