December 2010
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The Adirondacks
I hung my hat in the Adirondacks for the night at a small Inn. I’d be getting up long before the sun to try and find a complex deep in the woods that had somehow so far remained virtually untouched. There is something about walking into the snow covered forest by yourself at first light.
More modern than most of the breakers I’ve seen, the place was pristine, save two coal conveyor shafts...
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site to Welcome... →
What does the aftermath of the greatest nuclear accident in the world’s history look like? The Ukrainian government has announced a full-scale tourist program in the heretofore closed disaster region. Scheduled to kick off next month at the reactor site, Chernobyl became the site of the greatest nuclear catastrophe (not counting U.S. indeavours in Japan) on record on April 26, 1986, when...
Massey To Close Ky. Mine That Regulators Wanted... →
Massey Energy is shutting down a Kentucky mine that is targeted by federal regulators for the toughest enforcement action ever, the company confirms to NPR.
The Freedom Energy Mine No. 1 in Pike County is the focus of an unprecedented federal court action in which the Labor Department is seeking to have the court seize control of the mine. Labor Department officials argue that conditions at the...