Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.Acquisition of Massey Energy, worker pacts cloud compensation for victims of West Virginia coal mine disaster
The release of the long-awaited independent probe of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 workers last year may have produced predictable accusations and proposed fixes to ignored mine safety practices and lax regulatory enforcement. But it overshadows the June 1 deadline for families of many of the victim to […]