It announces that ath this time there is an evacuation. Please stay indoors with your windows closed. This is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived, but for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. That is from cbs news. The fear is radiation following the meltdown at the Nuclear Generating station. Consider the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes we will look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein joins us live. He is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what . It is a safe energy organization. We were founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. We are a nuclea Watchdog Group that monitors the three Nuclear Power plants on the susquehanna river. You were there, what do you remember both when the news first broke and as the story conti
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that is an explosion beyond proportion. time to turn to jack goodell, the author of dirty coal and how to cool the planet. thank you for your time. thanks for having me. paying the fines imposed for these violations or paying to improve conditions to keep the mines safe and miners safe, which is cheaper at this point for a company like massey? well, that is sort of a no-brainer. it is much cheaper for them to take the fines. since 1995 they have had $2 million in fines for safety violations. less than half of that they have actually paid. if you average that out over 15 years we are talking $50,000, $60,000 a year, which is nothing. that is peanuts. the really important thing to understand the way the coal
twisted like a pretzel. that is horrific. that is an explosion beyond proportion. time to turn to jack goodell, the author of big coal, and how to cool the planet. also a contributing editor to rolling stone. thanks for being here. thank you for your time. thanks for having me. paying the fines imposed for these violations or paying to improve conditions to keep the mines safe and miners safe, which is cheaper at this point for a company like massey? well, that is sort of a no-brainer. it is much cheaper for them to take the fines. since 1995 they have had $2 million in fines for safety violations. less than half of that they have actually paid. if you average that out over 15 years we are talking $50,000, $60,000 a year, which is nothing. that is peanuts.
twisted like a pretzel. that is horrific. that is an explosion beyond proportion. time to turn to jack goodell, the author of big coal, and how to cool the planet. also a contributing editor to rolling stone. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. paying the fines imposed for these violations or paying to improve conditions to keep the mines safe and miners safe, which is cheaper at this point for a company like massey? well, that is sort of a no-brainer. it is much cheaper for them to take the fines. you you mentioned that since 1995 they ve had about $2 million in safety in fines for safety violations. less than half of that they have actually paid. if you average that out over 15 years we are talking $50,000, $60,000 a year, which is nothing. that is peanuts. i think the really important