Tag: coal
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#Newspurge: March of the Meanies
Some 9/11 victims’ remains were sent to landfill // Michael Douglas to banksters: Stop imitating me // Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead in Los Angeles // Police dismantle Occupy London site // Rockefeller Throws Fundraiser at Mansion With Telecom, Mining Lobbyists
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west virginia mine owner to pay record fine
video: feds unveil $210m settlement in US mine blast* from wvrecord: The Justice Department on Tuesday announced an agreement with Alpha Natural Resources totaling nearly $210 million in payments connected to the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster. An explosion on April 5, 2010, claimed the lives of 29 miners at the site, which was…
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12/1 newspurge: if we make it through december
biowars/envirohealth: extreme weather records in 2011, ‘bare-knuckle’ years ahead* oklahoma continues string of recent mild earthquakes* santa ana winds rattle nerves in california* ‘national level exercise’ disaster drill derailed by disasters* delegates say it’s too early to give up on cop17* US settles suit from widow of 1st anthrax victim* white powdery substance in inmate’s…
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8/18 Newspurge: Pissing In The Wind
US knew in days that Fukushima had melted down // ATF promotes supervisors in controversial ‘Fast & Furious’ // SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell? // US combat in Iraq is over…except for the air strikes & deaths // Shepherdstown vigil for WVU student found dead in Australia
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portland mayor sam adams announces he will not run for re-election
‘portlandia & the nation’s animal farm’ from koin local 6: In an open letter to Portlanders, Mayor Sam Adams announced Friday he will not seek re-election. After pondering on the topic during a week-long “staycation,” the mayor said the choice was clear, help move Portland forward right now or focus his efforts full-time into a…
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3/31 newspurge: are you ready?
9/11 update: terror intel lacking 10yrs after 9/11, chairmen say* bin laden sets alarm bells ringing* city interrupts wake to take back corpse of 9/11 first responder* video: new building 7 ad is here* econocrash: general electric paid no federal taxes in 2010* ge doesn’t pay taxes; why should you?* groups call for ge’s immelt…
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3/3 Newspurge: March Forth to Nightmarika
9/11 updates: video: 1st responders weigh in on new 9/11 health act* meanwhile, 9/11 firefighter dies of cancer linked to toxic dust* tsa hit by new scandal as passenger boards plane with 3 boxcutters* fbi finds ‘no credible evidence’ of 9/11 cell call* background: how 9/11 was done* flashback: the 9/11 omission hearings from 9/9/04*…
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american cities that are running out of people
from 24/7 wall st.: The population of the United States has increased steadily by roughly 2.5 million people every year since World War II. Throughout prosperity and hard times, Americans continue to have families. Many of the country’s regions have expanded to accommodate this population increase. Some cities have grown faster than others as the…
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9/2 Binge & Purge: Control The Food, Control The People
Police begin ‘guns drawn’ raids on organic food stores in California // Key victories over HFCS, MSG, GMO & more // Infant formulas are contaminated with aluminum // Almost half of bottled water comes from taps // Study: Organic produce superior to conventional
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8/19 newspurge: take on the world
biowars/envirohealth: US survey shows those keenest to be green are most ignorant* gates foundation buys shares in goldman sachs & monsanto* ft detrick to open drug & vaccine testing facility* fda approves 5-day-after birth control pill* fluoride mouthrinse program to re-start in schools this year* nearly 1m children in US potentially misdiagnosed with adhd* sen…
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union & families sue to open fed probe into wv coal mine explosion
update: crack found in floor of wv mine where 29 died from democracy now: Just a few weeks before the April 20th explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf, twenty-nine coal miners died after an explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. Although the Mine Safety and Health Administration…
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4/29 Newspurge: Let The Poison Spill
Homeland security probing blast that sank oil rig // Big Brother to track your medication compliance with electronic transmitters in pills // Proliferation experts worry bioattacks being ignored // Coca cultivation rises in Colombia ‘despite a huge American-funded counter-drug program’
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Rev Billy, Collateral Murder, Net Neutrality
Rev Billy Placed ‘Holy Hex’ on JPMorgan Over WV Mountaintop Removal // Wikileaks Releases Video of Civilians Killed by US in Baghdad // FCC Loses Net Neutrality Battle Against Comcast
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west virginia worry: 25+ killed in massey coal mine explosion
25 dead in west virginia mine blast, worst since 1984 related: rev billy placed ‘holy hex’ on jpmorgan over wv moutaintop removal* from ap: A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 miners in the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1984, and rescuers on Tuesday began a dangerous and possibly futile attempt…
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rev billy placed ‘holy hex’ on jpmorgan over wv mountaintop removal
related: 25+ killed in coal mine explosion in west virginia from huffington post: A New York City preacher was arrested after placing a ‘holy hex’ on JPMorgan Chase. Protesting what he calls JPMorgan’s financing for mountaintop removal in Appalachia, Rev. Billy Talen led his Church Of Life congregation in an Easter morning protest outside of…