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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS SEPTEMBER 2012<br />
Thunder on the Mountain<br />
Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big Coal<br />
Peter A. Galuszka<br />
The true story of the corruption and negligence that led to the<br />
death of twenty-nine miners and the worst mine disaster<br />
in forty years<br />
SOCIAL SCIENCE / GENERAL<br />
St. Martin's Press | September 2012<br />
9781250000217 | $25.99/$29.99 Can.<br />
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On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy’s Upper Big<br />
Branch mine and killed twenty-nine miners. This tragedy was the deadliest mine<br />
disaster in the U.S. in forty years—a disaster that never should’ve happened.<br />
With more safety violations than anyone else in the industry, Massy went beyond<br />
ignoring regulators but actually considered them the enemy as were unions,<br />
environmentalists, and anyone else who dared to tell Massey how to do business<br />
or how keep their miners safe.<br />
Nor was it anywhere close to the end of the tragedy. Deaths have been taking<br />
place in Appalachian mines for generations. The long hours and dangerous work<br />
are part of a way of life where poverty is pervasive, but the most insidious<br />
dangers are being buried deep underground and the true costs are hidden from the<br />
balance sheets of coal companies. Massey and its former CEO Don<br />
Blankeship—the worst offenders in the industry—appeared to perpetuate a<br />
corporate culture that destroyed human life, the health of communities, and the<br />
environment all in search of higher profits.<br />
For years, Peter Galuszka has covered energy policy around globe, and now with<br />
Thunder on the Mountain he tells the searing true story of the rise, fall, and<br />
resurrection of Massey Energy and in doing so exposes the coal-black motivations<br />
that fuel the ongoing war for the world’s energy future.<br />
PETER A. GALUSZKA, a career journalist, has worked for BusinessWeek where he was Moscow<br />
bureau chief and international news editor. As a freelance journalist he has written for such<br />
publications as The Washington Post, Forbes, and BNet among other publications. He lives in<br />
Virginia.<br />
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