A sign is posted on a mailbox near the entrance to the Upper Big Branch coal mine. The accident was the worst in the United States in decades.
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Susan Kushner Resnick
Mine disasters and money
A sign is posted on a mailbox near the entrance to the Upper Big Branch coal mine. The accident was the worst in the United States in decades.
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The most obvious theory about mining disasters is that wealthy mine owners value profits more than lives. (Full article: 700 words)
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