- Six killed in US mine blast
CHARLESTON - The state mine director says six miners are dead and 21 missing following a West Virginia coal mine explosion.Ron Wooten says initial reports are that the explosion occurred about 3 p.m. at Massey Energy's Performance... チャールストンは - 状。鉱山監督6鉱夫が死んでいると21は、次の行方不明の意見ウエストバージニア州炭鉱explosion.Ronウー最初の報告によると爆発はマジーエネルギーのパフォーマンスで約午後3時が発生したと言う...
- Explosion at U.S. coal mine kills 25, four still missing
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The death toll from a mine explosion near Charleston, West Virginia has risen to 25, 13 more than the previously announced number, U.S. officials ... ＆$＆$ウェストバージニア州警察官はMontcoalでのマジーするように指示トラフィックを入り口マインビッグブランチアッパー、で数。炭鉱が死亡した事故のパフォーマンス石炭でシーンの、ウエストバージニア州2010年4月6日
- Michael Tomasky: The mine explosion
Now 25 men are dead, and quite possibly the four more still trapped inside, unless they managed to get to an oxygen chamber, which obviously isn't known.The facts aren't in yet, so we shouldn't jump to conclusions. It is, though, worth putting on record that the owner of the mine is Massey Energy (it was operated by a Massey subsidiary, which is the common practice), whose CEO, Don Blankenship, has made himself one of the more notorious CEOs in America with his blatant political efforts against (smearing of) a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who annoying had a habit of ruling against him, and his other efforts to buy the state legislature.Blankenship is a powerful man, and though Massey has agreed to pay millions in fines for various violations, and even though the US Supreme Court effectively ruled against his company in an important case, his power continues unabated (the Supreme Court held that the state court's pro-Massey ruling was likely biased; but it kicked the final decision back to the state court, which, once again, held for Massey). Preliminary reports indicate that the mine in question had a worse than average safety record, according to the Charleston Gazette:In seven of the last 10 years, the mine has recorded a non-fatal injury rate worse than the national average for similar operations, according to MSHA statistics.Between 2008 and last year, safety violations at the operation more than doubled and fines issued by MSHA tripled, according to agency records.So we'll see what the investigations find. Coal mining is clearly a dangerous occupation on the best of days. It could well be that this particular disaster was unpreventable. And there's a natural West Virginia fatalism that I know well, born of the hardscrabble lives people lead and the infrequen 彼らは明らかにknown.The事実ではない酸素室に得ることができた限り、今25の男性が死んで、非常に可能性の詳細はまだ内部トラップを4、アールはまだされていない、我々は結論にジャンプしないはずです
- Science Weekly Extra podcast: Robert Kennedy Jr takes on coal baron Don Blankenship
A debate took place recently at the University of Charleston in West Virginia on mountaintop mining. Stage left was Bobby Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer, son of the late attorney general and nephew of JFK. (He has a condition that makes his voice quavery). Stage right was one of America's biggest coal barons, chairman of Massey Energy Don Blankenship. The hour-long debate highlighted America's deep political and environmental divides. This podcast comprises edited highlights. Let us know what you make of the arguments in this clash between mining baron and eco warrior. Join our Facebook group. Listen back through our archive.Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science.Subscribe free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Andy DuckworthSuzanne Goldenberg
討論会は最近、大学のサウスカロライナ州チャールストンのウエストバージニア州山。鉱山で行われた
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