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.Coal miner’s life worth $1.5 million in $200 million settlement of Upper Big Branch mine disaster
Coming 104 years to the day after the deadliest U.S. coal mine disaster ever, in West Virginia, the U.S. Attorney said today the Federal government reached a $209 million civil and criminal settlement with Alpha Natural Resources over the April 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine — also in West Virginia — which [...]