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Energy company reaches federal settlement in connection to Upper Big Branch mine disaster

Global Politics

Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay 31 families, two survivors and 29 families of the deceased, $1.5 million each, as well as to make millions in safety improvements and conduct millions in research to make mining safer at the Upper Big Branch mine and in general.

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