| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, killing twenty-nine coal miners. This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the United States in forty years--a disaster that never should have happened. These deaths were rooted in the cynical corporate culture of Massey and its notorious former CEO Don Blankenship, and were part of a cycle of poverty, exploitation, and environmental abuse that has dominated Appalachia since coal was first discovered there. And the cycle continues unabated as coal companies bury the most insidious dangers deep underground and hide the true costs. But the disaster goes beyond West Virginia. 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, and how the world's voracious appetite for energy is satisfied at such horrendous cost.--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Death at Upper Big Ranch -- Renegade CEO -- Up the Hollow -- The roots of Massey Energy -- Big Coal's ugly and bright future - -Strip-mining on steroids -- Dark as a dungeon -- Coal country culture wars -- Pulling the trigger on Don -- Asia's appetite -- Alpha's rotten apple. |
| Subject |
Coal trade -- Appalachian Region.
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Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region.
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Massey Energy (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781250000217 hardcover $25.99 |
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1250000211 hardcover |
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