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Kentucky sludge spill remembered ten years later
In eastern Kentucky the 2000 Martin County coal slurry disaster left a dark layer on Glenn Cornette’s land and polluted 100 miles of waterways. The Massey Energy subsidiary paid millions in fines and cleanup, spurring MSHA reforms and ongoing scrutiny of coal slurry ponds.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hungary
Glenn Cornette
Ohio River
Cornette
Martin County
West Virginia Line
U.S
Dylan Lovan
Associated Press
Inez
South
Martin County Coal Corp
Mickey McCoy
the Coal Company
Richmond, Va
Massey Energy
Massey
Jeff Gillenwater
Gillenwater
Wheeling Jesuit University
West Virginia
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Illinois
Pennsylvania
MSHA
Amy Louviere
Louviere
Tony Oppegard
Lexington
Martin
Oppegard
Mshas
George W. Bush
Jack Spadaro
National Mine Health and Safety Academy
Spadaro
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee
Coldwater Fork