Strip Mining for Coal
Author : Dorothy Louise Campbell Culver Tompkins
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Dorothy Louise Campbell Culver Tompkins
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2007-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 030911022X
Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount, location, and quality of the coal resources and reserves be available to fulfill energy needs. It is also important that the United States extract its coal resources efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner. A renewed focus on federal support for coal-related research, coordinated across agencies and with the active participation of the states and industrial sector, is a critical element for each of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource and reserve assessments, coal mining and processing, transportation of coal and coal products, and coal utilization.
Author : Peter Borrelli
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN :
Author : William S. Doyle
Publisher : William Andrew
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Kenneth L. Leathers
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 39,25 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : Mark Squillace
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : J. Lyall Workman
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : Albert Louis Toenges
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Bituminous coal
ISBN :
Author : Barbara M. Linde
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433998645
Strip mines can be found everywhere from Appalachia to India, across China, and all the way to Australia. They may contain deposits of coal, copper, or gold. Readers will find out what strip mines are and how they are used, and discover some of the pros and cons about the operation of these mines. Full-color photographs and in-depth sidebars highlight some of the destruction that the mining practices cause and how some companies work to reclaim the land after the mines are closed.
Author : Chad Montrie
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0807862630
Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement that engaged in acts of civil disobedience and industrial sabotage. Both comprehensive and comparative, To Save the Land and People chronicles the story of surface mining opposition in the whole region, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. Though many accounts of environmental activism focus on middle-class suburbanites and emphasize national events, the campaign to abolish strip mining was primarily a movement of farmers and working people, originating at the local and state levels. Its history underscores the significant role of common people and grassroots efforts in the American environmental movement. This book also contributes to a long-running debate about American values by revealing how veneration for small, private properties has shaped the political consciousness of strip mining opponents.