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60 minutes. Who is Jack Spadaro? / produced by Catherine Olian.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spadaro, Jack.
- Coal slurry--Accidents--West Virginia.
- Coal slurry.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 min.)
- Other Title:
- Who is Jack Spadaro?
- Sixty minutes. Who is Jack Spadaro?
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Jack Spadaro, superintendent of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in West Virginia, was fired for speaking out against a federal and industry failure connected to the investigation of one of the largest environmental accidents in Appalachia. In October 2000, three hundred million gallons of coal slurry containing arsenic and mercury spilled out of a reservoir in southern West Virginia, polluting a huge area. Bob Simon reports.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 9, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 904559676
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