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Remember the Mine Collapses in Utah and West Virginia?

The Bush administration loosened safety rules and regulations, and many of the political appointees appointed by the Bush administration refused to enforce safety rules and regulations in the West Virginia and Crandall CanyonUtah mines.

The Crandall Canyon mines were using a dangerous type of mining that by law were supposed to be closely regulated, but were not.

The Republican owner of the mine, tried to blame the collapse on a minor Earthquake, but most Geologists say that it was the mine collapse which caused the minor earthquake.

 

 

This Republican tool tried to blame the collapse on an Earthquake, but that's not what the experts were saying afterwards. He lives in Cleveland supposedly.

 

Another mine in West Virginia collapsed, but because of the lapses in safety regulatory inspections and enforcement, the miners didn't have enough safety air to survive until rescued.

Experts of mine safety say that for every miner, every several hundred yards, there should be air tanks on the walls in case of collapse, but the Bush administration disagreed, siding instead with the Mine owners who would like to save money on safety equipment like air tanks.

Miners in the West Virginia mine collapse paid for Bush's decision with their lives.