http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/04/07/one-more-outrage-in-the-west-virginia-coal-mining-disaster Comments On: One More Outrage in the West Virginia Coal Mining Disaster by Jonny Diamond en-us Copyright 2013 The L Magazine. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The L Magazine readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The L Magazine. editor@thelmagazine.com (The L Magazine Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by gjk]]> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:35:18 -0400 The L Magazine
While it's true that the coal industry does run the state of West Virginia, it's possible that populist outrage (this is the worst mining disaster in a quarter century, and was shockingly preventable) may inspire some WV pols to cut ties. Today's Times story reports that miners are speaking up on the mine's poor safety record to their congressman, Nick Rahall (D), who seems to be saying the right things:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/us/08wes…

Then again:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/r…
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