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S'està carregant… Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets behind Big Coal (edició 2014)de Peter A. Galuszka (Autor), Denise Giardina (Pròleg)
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Though his account is at times dry and repetitive, the author ably elucidates the latest chapter in a long history of antagonism around mining issues. Distincions
On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, killing twenty-nine coal miners. This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the United States in forty years--a 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 a cycle of poverty, exploitation, and environmental abuse that has dominated Appalachia since coal was first discovered there. And the cycle continues unabated as coal companies bury the most insidious dangers deep underground and hide the true costs. But the disaster goes beyond West Virginia. It casts a global shadow, calling into bitter question why coal miners in the United States are sacrificed to erect cities on the other side of the world, and how the world's voracious appetite for energy is satisfied at such horrendous cost.--From publisher description. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The book doesn't feel particularly well-written, and it badly needed an editor. There are numerous gaffes, typos, and rehashing of material that was discussed in previous chapters. For example, this gem appears on page 144: "[Ollie Combs] told me in 1997 for a Business-Week article...Combs, who died in 1991 at the age of eighty-seven, was the exception..." So, how did someone who supposedly died in 1991 give him an interview in 1997? Did he hold a seance? (Actually, the Widow Combs died in 1993, not 1991, at the age of 88, not 87.) Did anyone bother fact-checking this book? And how am I supposed to trust anything this book says when such obvious errors are allowed through?
I would recommend "Lost Mountain" by Erik Reese for anyone interested in the effects of strip- and mountain-top mining in Appalachia over this book. As for those interested in the UBB disaster, an internet search would yield more information. ( )