Thursday, January 19, 2017

Upper Big Branch Tribute, CBS News 59, Davitt McAteer Interview




Part 4 of the WVNS Special in memory of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster: Davitt McAteer updates the investigation in to the UBB explosion.
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Making Connections News May 05, 2015: McAteer – Mines No Safer After Upper Big Branch. Davitt McAteer



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Published on Jan 8, 2016
April 4th was the 5th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch disaster, when 29 coal miners were killed in a methane explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine at Montcoal, near Whitesville, WV. J. Davitt McAteer, who headed the Mine Safety & Health Administration during the Clinton years, led the Governor’s Independent Investigation into the disaster. On this anniversary McAteer published an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette warning that not enough has changed in American coal mines to keep another disaster like Upper Big Branch from happening again. In fact, in some places like West Virginia mine safety laws are being gutted. He spoke to WMMT by telephone.

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NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams SAGO Mine Testimony, Davitt McAteer



Published on May 2, 2016
Brian Williams anchors from New York:
Pain at the Pump
US Auto Sales Down, Toyota Breaks Records
smart fortwo 450 at 5:12
Emissions Standards Lawsuits
Bird Flu, Possible Pandemic Looms
After the Disaster: Sago Mine
Day Without Immigrants
New Orleanss Evacuation Plans
American Boomers


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Mountain News & World Report: Remembering the Miners of Upper Big Branch; Davitt McAteer on Whether Such a Disaster Could Happen Again; a Report from Growing Appalachia



In this edition of WMMT’s Mountain News & World Report, we commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch disaster, when 29 coal miners were killed in a methane explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in April of 2010.  We start the show with a special audio remembrance of each miner, using biographical information from the Governor’s Independent Investigation into the disaster.
Then, we hear from the man who headed that investigation 5 years ago, J. Davitt McAteer, who was also head of the Mine Safety & Health Administration during the Clinton years.  McAteer recently published an op-ed in the Charleston Gazettewarning that not enough has changed in American coal mines to keep another disaster like Upper Big Branch from happening again, and he spoke to WMMT by telephone.  (You can read his op-ed here, or his team’s full report on the disaster here).
Finally, we close the show in a more hopeful vein, with a report from the recent Growing Appalachia conference that brought together a wide range of folks from across southeast Kentucky for a series of workshops & conversations around small-scale farming here in the mountains, energy efficiency, renewables, and more.  You can find out more about the conference here.Check out the full story here>>>
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