Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big Coal
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250000211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the United States in forty yearsa 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 an end
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 ba. "The paradoxes of American coal" according to Jeff Thomas. A critically important read for those looking to understand the economic, political, and environmental forces shaping Appalachian coal extraction today.. steve collins said Four Stars. Easy to read. Informative in a general way. I suppose I was looking for more detail.
It is a devastating portrait of an individual, and an industry. Deadly for its workers and the people unfortunate enough to live near its mines, but deadlier still for the planet. You can't understand our moment in time without understanding the coal industry.” Bill McKibben New York Times Bestselling author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet“Appalachia may be blessed with the ‘world's best metallurgical coal,' but as journalist Galuszka's powerful book shows, this coal is both ‘a curse and a prize…' He convincingly excoriates the safety record of Massey Energy and its controversial former CEO, Don Blankenship… Drawing on his personal experience of Appalachia, Galuszka offers a sympathetic but unsentimental portrait of the region's people and