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Water
Martin County Disaster
Resources:
WMMT-FM/Appalshop
October 19 New Morning radio piece with interviews of residents and Martin County Coal officials.
The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, an Appalshop film by Mimi Pickering (1975).
Buffalo Creek Revisited, Mimi Pickering (1984).
Mine War on Blackberry Creek, an Appalshop film by Anne Lewis about a UMWA strike against A.T. Massey (1986).
Washington Post
October 29 Crews Fight Spill Of Toxic Sludge
Courier-Journal
October 31 1996 slurry spill offered warning: Some say Virginia case taught industry little.
October 21 Mine-waste disposal study urged.
October 19 Streams may take years to recover.
October 19 MSHA will check safety of dams.
October 18 Spill ranks as one of the worst-ever environmental disasters in the Southeast.
October 17 Governor Patton declares a state of emergency.
Herald-Leader
October 31 1981 coal-waste death had lasting impact: But activists who knew victim say lessons lost on regulators, industry.
October 29 Coal sludge threatens more than environment. (Editorial)
October 29 `Here Come da Sludge': Spill fuels coal protest.
October 28 Sen. Jim Bunning wants all coal-mine ponds inspected.
October 28 State hires contractor to monitor coal spill cleanup.
October 27 Sierra Club pointing fingers in spill: Mountaintop-removal foes also weighing in.
October 26 Industries to bill coal firm for losses in sludge spill.
October 26 Residents fear further damage if rain falls on sludge-filled creek.
October 24 Drilling planned to find spill cause: Black water enters Ohio above Ashland.
October 21 Rep. Hal Rogers seeks slurry ponds study.
October 20 Coal's dark side. (Editorial)
October 20 Residents feel spill's impact profoundly.
October 19 Spill one of worst in nation.
October 18 Coal company says it is doing all it can.
October 17 Effect on towns downstream.
October 14 Martin County Coal cited.
October 13 Black goo coats bottom land.
Charleston Gazette
October 28 Protest today spotlights coal dam concerns.
October 27 Federal Office of Surface Mining ignored dams. (Editorial)
October 27 West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood to form coal dam task force.
October 26 Coal dams should not be an issue, West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob Wise says.
October 26 West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Denise Giardina challenges candidates on dams.
October 25 Coal dam reviews are late.
October 24 Coal dams: Regulators not doing job. (Editorial)
October 21 OSM has coal dams on the back burner.
October 19 MSHA to launch nationwide probe.
October 18 At least 45 dams in Appalachia have a high potential for collapse.
October 13 Mine spill on Tug underscores dam concerns.
National Public Radio
October 27 Report from NPR's Adam Hochberg, including some discussion with Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.
October 18 All Things Considered interview with Coldwater Fork resident Larry Preece.