mining
The Mind-Boggling Industrial Future of the Arctic
Hamilton Nolan · 04/30/14 09:58AMOver 200 Workers Trapped in Illegal South African Gold Mine
Dayna Evans · 02/16/14 11:35AMDo You Own the Rights to the Land Under Your House? Maybe Not
Hamilton Nolan · 10/09/13 02:01PMCreepy Paramilitary Guards in the Woods Are Terrorizing Wisconsinites
Cord Jefferson · 07/09/13 03:45PMDeath Toll Rises to 17 After Collapse of U.S.-Owned Indonesian Mine
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 05/20/13 09:11AMMaybe Appalachian Babies Have Birth Defects Because of Inbreeding, Lawyers Suggest
Lauri Apple · 10/08/11 05:16PMFour lawyers face an ethics complaint after helpfully pointing out that a study of mountaintop mining and birth defects in Appalachia "failed to account for consanquinity [sic], one of the most prominent sources of birth defects." In non-legalese: maybe those babies have defects because of how hillbillies like to screw within the family all the time.
Gingrich Had Second, $1 Million Line of Credit at Tiffany's
Max Read · 06/21/11 08:52PMWe all know that broke, friendless presidential candidate Newt Gingrich loves Tiffany & Co enough to have held a $250,000 - $500,000 credit account at the high-end jeweler. But did you know he loves the place so much he had a second, $500,000 - $1 million line of credit? And also he dyed his hair Tiffany blue?
Coal Company Broadcasts Its Safety Violations on Reality Show, Gets Fined
John Cook · 04/08/11 05:09PMCobalt Coal Corp., a West Virginia mining company, has its own super-cool reality TV show on Spike TV about how dangerous its mines are, just like those Deadliest Catch guys. Unfortunately, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration was watching, and fined Cobalt for safety violations that it saw happening, on TV. Now if only they could do a reality show about Goldman Sachs. [AP, photo via Spike]