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Jack Spadaro

Mitch McConnell, Elaine Chao And Massey Energy Go Way Back

by: Hillbilly

Tue Apr 06, 2010 at 15:24:07 PM EDT

Remember the October 11, 2000 300 million gallon mess in Martin County, Ky.?

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Jack Spadaro became a whistleblower trying to protect the public from mining disasters. For his trouble, he was forced out of his job at the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
In Martin County, Kentucky, in 2000, a 300 million gallon slurry pond dam collapsed, causing one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. That toxic spill was 20 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which generated a lot of press coverage. When he investigated, he found that Massey Coal, the owner, had known for 10 years that the dam was going to break.

Does $100,000 from Massey Energy to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee, headed by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell ring a bell. How about a toxic cover up?

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