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"Dark Lord of Coal" says Mine Tragedy That Killed 29 Isn't His Fault

On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch coal mine, known as U-B-B to locals in Montcoal, West Virginia, collapsed after an explosion. 29 of the 31-miners on site were killed. It was the worst mining disaster in 40 years. In 2015, Don Blankenship, CEO of the company that owned...

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