Bob Murray

King Coal: Willing To Kill For Kilowatts

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Crandall Canyon Mining Disaster, Genwal Resources, Richard Stickler, Retreat Mining, Bob Murray, Coal Mining, Msha, Green News
Kerry Trueman

What we've got here is a government agency and a corporation who shared the mindset that a miner's life has less value than the coal that lies so deep that you're courting disaster to extract it.

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Safety Fears Shut Another Murray Energy Mine In Utah

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2008 | Home

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An energy company that owned the Crandall Canyon mine where nine people were killed in two collapses last August has shut another of its Utah coal min...

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Max Follmer

Tougher Mine Safety Rules Clear Hurdle In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

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A panel of lawmakers investigating the August mine disaster that claimed nine lives at Crandall Canyon in Utah approved tougher mine safety rules Wedn...

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Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home

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Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...

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Mine Owner Murray Threatens Defamation Suits

The Salt Lake Tribune | Robert Gehrke | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

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Crandall Canyon mine co-owner Robert Murray is threatening to sue a professor and an editor over what he claims were defamatory statements regarding h...

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Mining in a Perfect World

Cecil E. Roberts | Posted 09.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mining Disaster, Mine Rescue, United Mine Workers of America, Bob Murray Mine, Bob Murray, Bob Murray Blame, Mining, Politics News
Cecil E. Roberts

You may have gathered that Bob Murray is none too fond of the United Mine Workers of America, nor of me personally. Over the last month, he has blamed us, other mine experts, the news media and phantom earthquakes -- everyone but himself.

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CEO Robert Murray Proves You Don't Have to be a Miner to be a Mine Hero

Katie Halper | Posted 09.05.2007 | Politics

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Katie Halper

I speak of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and MSHA president Richard Stickler, and, of course, CEO Robert Murray. To them I present the Awards for Non-Miner Mine Heroes.

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