Page 5 - Mine S News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Workers lost their lives last year are in trouble yet again. that's after a surprise inspection revealed some pretty outrageous safety violations. miners were working without mandatory ventilation equipment and regulators say though conditions could have led to another tragedy like the one at upper big branch. massey energy, the mine's owner, expressed disappointment with all of this and promised to comply with all safety requirements. and an update now about the six boy scouts from louisiana and their two adult leaders. they're safe and sound this morning. this after a dramatic rescue from ...

Starting at 4:00 eastern time today. amazing news from chile, all but two of the 33 rescued miners are now out of the hospital. they spent less than 48 hours there undergoing tests and reveling, obviously, in family reunions. you can see one right there. doctors say some of them have had trouble sleeping, probably not surprisingly. but for the most part. all are in relatively good physical health. and communities are turning out to welcome home their heroes. >> reporter: welcome home, victor segovia. if god has given you a new life and chance, grab on to it with everything you have. >> trans...

>> she would then look at gardner to end her statement, shepard, and say how's your nose an obvious reference to fighting him off last september. shepard? >> shepard: does anybody here think this is going to effect state law at all? >> you know, the families railroad on a state law in the courtroom. also away from the courthouse they have pushed two different laws forward. there is amber's law, or which would actually change the way law enforcement responds to teenagers who have gone missing. the second one, chilly say's -- chelsea's law would change the way dealing with sex offenders making t...

Now. a powerful earthquake has just struck. the united states geological survey reports that it has detected a 6.7 magnitude quake in the north pacific. specifically the sea 900 miles west of anchorage, alaska. several hundred miles from any large land areas. so far we have not heard of any reports of damage. the pacific tsunami warning center has not issued tsunami watch or warning. we will keep you posted as new information comes. in this earthquake has just struck. the fbi deepening its investigation of the coal mine explosion that killed 29 people in west virginia earlier this month. the m...

It's accurate. coal and oil put out lots of carbon dioxide emissions. on the right would be the equivalent number of emissions, value of emissions put out by geothermal. they release -- actually, not an equivalent. they reless less than 1% of the carbon emissions of a fossil fuelled plant. geothermal plants emit 97% less of the acid rain causing sulfur compounds emitted by fossil fuels. one of the ideas you'll think about. you'll hear more in the coming months so worth knowing what it is. obviously, if you want more information, lots available on the internet. let's take a look at some of the ...