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West Virginia’s worst mining disasters of the 1900’s
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental mining disasters, with some of the worst occurring during the 1900’s....
Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPipeline construction cuts through forests and farms in Appalachia. Provided by Erin Brock Carlson,...
Dominion plans 45-mile pipeline to boost natural gas flow in NC, supply Duke Energy
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDominion Energy is planning to build a new pipeline across three northern North Carolina counties, a...
Unmarked graves, an 'ugly history': W.Va. weighs mine safety
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe forgotten burial ground is overrun by four-wheel tire tracks near a path strewn with discarded...
Gas company surveying area surrounding Wednesday's home explosion
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoSep. 8—The official cause of a home explosion at 727 Wells St. in Morgantown Wednesday morning is still under investigation by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal with cooperation from Hope ...
Court deals MVP another setback
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 6—Progress on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia was dealt another blow this week as a Richmond, Va., appeals court vacated a state water permit needed by developers to restart ...
Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDon Blankenship hasn't had much success running for office. Blankenship has plenty of baggage...
Kentucky has a long history of coal mining disasters. These are 5 of the deadliest
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the...
Gas leak suspected in Wells Street home explosion
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 6—What is believed to be a gas explosion at a Morgantown residence Wednesday morning sent multiple people to the hospital and left the home with structural damage. One worker and three ...
U.S. Supreme Court spurns coal executive's challenge to mine-explosion conviction
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away former Massey Energy Co CEO Donald Blankenship's bid to...
