The results of coal mining are destroying the environment. Regulators are trying their best to get coal mining companies to put money aside to clean up the devastating mess they have made‚ so that the tax payers do not have an outrageous $1 billion bill to pay. Many companies claim that their cleanup plans are well funded‚ but many believe this to be false because the demand for coal is low and many companies still remain bankrupt. The biggest problem is with the business Alpha Natural Resources
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Advantages of Coal Fired Power Plant By: Earl Christopher Reyes We Students had an opportunity to learn about the functions‚ the misconceptions and the advantages of having a Coal-Fired Power Plant as the source of our daily need of electricity. We had conducted a symposium with the representatives of the company (Panay Electric Company Inc.) last Thursday‚ October 19‚2011. And now we know the answers behind every inquisitions of the people of Panay region‚ and that is‚ “Is coal really the
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The coal strike in eastern Kentucky was a hard conflict in the 1930s. There were many challenges and discontent for the coal miners and their families. Coal miners formed strikes to oppose what was happening. The industrialization of mining was decreasing and becoming less produced. The coal strike is a good case study because of the reason the strike happened‚ the coal operators and police involved‚ and the hardships of the miners. The coal strikes had been happening for years before the 1930s
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disease (also known as Coal Worker ’s pneumoconiosis). Black lung is a disabling occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of excessive levels of respirable coal mine dust. The risk or the possibility of contracting the condition increases with continued exposure to coal mine dust. Chances are also raised in people over the age of 50. Even when preventive measures are taken‚ such as wearing a mask‚ it cannot prevent coal dust from entering the lungs. This has plagued coal miners for decades‚ “cases
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Batangueños vs planned coal-fired power plant Amen (or the Archdiocesan Ministry on Environment) is not saying amen to the 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant (CFPP) that JG Summit Corp. plans to build in Barangay Pinamucan Ibaba in Batangas City. Amen and the No to Coal-Fired Power Plant Coalition are leading the citizens’ protest. Coal is among the dirtiest sources of energy. The furor over the proposed CFPP in Palawan has not drowned out the Batangueños’ own protest against a similar threat to
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A Celebration of Identity: A Literary Analysis of Coal by Audre Lorde There was a point in history that the color of the skin determines the identity and fate of people. It mostly affected the black race as they were condemned and their rights were constantly violated during those times. Further‚ not so long ago‚ the LGBT group almost experienced similar condemnation‚ and even up until now some critics continue to oppose these gender preferences. How much more if you are a black and a lesbian at
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Feasibility of fire-powered Coal Mining in Negros Nowadays‚ fire-powered coal mining here in Negros is not so feasible because of lot of people complaining with regards the harmful effects to human life and in our environment. We have known coal mining in Calatrava but unfortunately the operation is being suspended since it was raid by the NPA last June 2008. The resumption of the operation is not yet known until now. Another thing is‚ many of the activists are calling for help to stop mine operation
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Many workers got hurt while working in the factories and mines. The Cherry Coal Mine Disaster created a need for the Workers Compensation Act‚ which compensates workers who are harmed while working. On November 13‚ 1909‚ at 7:00 a.m.‚ 481 workers‚ men and boys‚ descended into the Cherry Coal Mine near Cherry‚ IL‚ a few miles northwest of La Salle‚ IL on Illinois Highway 89. Some sections of the mine where 500 feet below the surface. That day the electrical system broke down‚ and the mine was lit
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Almost everyone today uses coal in their everyday life‚ whether you know it or not. Coal has become such an important resource is today’s society‚ that if all of the coal was too disappear we probably wouldn’t have a great chance of surviving for very long. But in saying that we are also killing our environment by using it so much. Coal has its advantages and disadvantages‚ which is why using coal is a touchy subject. As much as we know that we use coal‚ not many people know how it was formed‚ how
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Coal power vs. Nuclear power Safety & Efficiency With nuclear power came what was thought to be a more clean alternative to burning coal and other fossil fuels; Nuclear power does not produce nearly as much of the greenhouse gases as coal produces. People and society have given nuclear power a bad name‚ considering the amount of accidents that have happened. Although when you look at statistics it’s not as many as you would believe‚ or expect. When nuclear power is put head to head with coal
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