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Climate: Documentation of Community Reaction to Explosion at the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine
West Virginia University men's basketball coach Bob Huggins made a surprise visit via helicopter to spend time with families of miners killed or missing in a coal mine explosion in the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W. Va. Huggins, former University of Cincinnati coach, delivered homemade pasta and Mountaineer T-shirts to the families. Huggins helicopter landed at the Marsh Fork Elementary School in Sundial, West Virginia, located 400 yards downslope from a mountaintop removal mine, operated by Massey Energy, houses the Shumate sludge impoundment. With 2.8 billion gallons of coal sludge held back by a 385-foot-high earthen dam, it is one of West Virginia's largest impoundments.
Unique identifier:
GP0294F
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
07/04/2010
Locations:
North America
,
United States of America
,
West Virginia
Credit line:
© James DeCamp / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Climate: West Virginia Fatal Coal Mine Explosion
Documentation of community reaction following the death of 29 miners in explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The April 5 blast is the deadliest at a U.S. coal mine in decades. It is the subject of civil and criminal investigations. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration cited Massey Nov. 10 for impeding the investigation into the deadly disaster.
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