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NIKE Runs Mountaintop Removal Football Ad, Disrespects Coal Miners
If we are to remain leaders in the green economy, then we have to be relentless in our pursuit of clean energy. We have to constantly evaluate all aspects of our energy footprint. Find opportunities to collaborate and partner with other companies and organizations. And as one of Nike’s long-held business maxims so aptly declares, [...]
Al Franken: Help me fight this! VIDEO
Over the weekend, Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) made the corporate takeover of our media, and the government’s acquiescence to these corporations, frighteningly clear. Franken told more than 2,000 bloggers and organizers attending the Netroots Nation conference in Las Vegas that our media system is at risk everywhere we turn — from our free speech online [...]
“If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
by Ronald Brownstein Saturday, May 15, 2010 If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.That comparison comes with [...]
Sen. Byrd: Massey ’scoffed and laughed at’ repeated MSHA citations at Upper Big Branch Mine prior to April 5 disaster that killed 29 miners
by Ken Ward Jr. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., has secured an additional $22 million to help clear up the huge backlog of appealed enforcement cases pending at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. In a statement announcing the move, Sen. Byrd had this to say: Last month, a horrific explosion at the [...]
UMWA, miners’ families sue MSHA to open Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster interviews
CHARLESTON, W. VA. – Families of victims of the Upper Big Branch disaster and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) today filed a challenge to the decision of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration to hold the interviews of witnesses in the Upper Big Branch disaster in private. The challenge was filed in [...]
Our Greatest Resource
By Senator Robert C. Byrd The recent explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in my home county of Raleigh, which killed 29 West Virginians and injured 2 others, has brought West Virginia statewide sorrow and worldwide attention. Reflecting on President John F. Kennedy’s death, Robert F. Kennedy once said, “Tragedy is a tool [...]
Annenberg Foundation offering $2.5 million toward new Marsh Fork Elementary School
by Ken Ward Jr. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has scheduled a press conference for 11 tomorrow morning to announce a major grant toward funding construction of a new Marsh Fork Elementary School in Raleigh County. The Annenberg Foundation has offered the $2.5 million to help build the school, a move that would get students, [...]
President Obama’s Eulogy for the miners (Video)
President Obama Delivers Eulogy At West Virginia Miners’ Memorial – 04/25/10
More bad news: Another W.Va. miner killed
by Ken Ward Jr. Breaking news just in from Jama Jarrett, spokeswoman for the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training: A 28-year-old coal miner has died from injuries received in an accident Thursday night at International Coal Group’s Beckley Pocahontas Mine in Raleigh County. The miner became pinned between a continuous mining [...]
