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4. Closed after they fucked up the water, ripped mountain tops down, displaced thousands of people, killed ...

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Tue Nov 26, 2024, 08:59 AM

Nov 26

... thousands of people, had "detectives" kill union organizers, created unsafe conditions in mines to extract more money.coal. In Az, IL, WV, KY, Oh and in other nations. These are terrible people. This still goes on today.

https://www.whitcomblawpc.com/business-law-blog/denying-peabody-midwest-minings-safety-violations-court-opinion

https://inthesetimes.com/article/death-at-peabodys-willow-lake-mine-leads-to-permanent-closure-400-jobs-lost

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/08/29/report-blames-government-peabody-mining-co-coal-mines-depleted-black-mesa-aquifer/70672711007/

I'll stop now. My grandfather died of black lung after mining the Bethlehem mines in PA, I have family on both sides in KY. Peabody is about disgusting name as I know.

The Bethlehem mines were run by Bethlehem Steel. Thank G*D for the Jock Yablonsky and the UMW.

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Former coal mine land to host 5.5 GW of solar as Peabody partners with RWE [View all] Think. Again. Nov 26 OP

"Mr Peabody's coal train has hauled it away..." They hauled Paradise away. Maybe they japple Nov 26 #1

the Peabody family ... marble falls Nov 26 #2

Wow... Think. Again. Nov 26 #3

Closed after they fucked up the water, ripped mountain tops down, displaced thousands of people, killed ... marble falls Nov 26 #4

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