Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big Coal
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250000211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Steffy, author of Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit“Peter Galuszka has a deep appreciation of Appalachia and its damaged beauty, having grown up in West Virginia and filed decades of coal stories as a reporter. Deadly for its workers and the people unfortunate enough to live near its mines, but deadlier still for the planet. A disturbing and pessimistic narrative documenting little-known problems of fossil-fuel dependence.” Kirkus Reviews“Natural gas, renewables, and efficiency are pos
This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the United States in forty yearsa disaster that never should have happened. "Scathing exposé of the coal industry."--The New York Times Book ReviewOn April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, killing twenty-nine coal miners. And the cycle continues unabated as coal companies bury the most insidious dangers deep underground, all in search of higher profits, and hide the true costs from regulators, unions, and investors alike.But the disaster at Upper Big Branch goes beyond the coalfields of West Virginia. Galuszka pieces together the true story of greed and negligence behind the tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine, and in doing so he has created a devastating portrait of an entire industry that exposes the coal-black motivations that led to the death of twenty-nine miners and fuel the ongoing war for the world's energy future.. It casts a global shadow, calling into bitter question why coal miners in the United States are sacrificed to erect cities on the other side of the world, why the coal wars have been allowed to rage, polarizing the country, and how the world's voracious appetite for energy is sa
the hick with the stick teri wells Why we tolerate ruthless greedy CEO's who make a fortune ruining the environment strip mining then taking their stack and escaping to Europe their floating pleasure palaces of over the top yachts or planes will buy them a coveted place in the upper class is not a new story. The best quotation about these foolish clowns was written over a hundred years ago by Edith Wharton she described the robber barons as a"spitting tobacco-chewing crew and reluctant backwoodsmen describes this poor good ol local boy who made good real good and let one of the poorest section of West Virginia kn. Jeff Thomas said The paradoxes of American coal. A critically important read for those looking to understand the economic, political, and environmental forces shaping Appalachian coal extraction today.. Four Stars Easy to read. Informative in a general way. I suppose I was looking for more detail.