News tagged with coal mines
Fracking brings boom, fears to rural US
Underneath the ground in southwestern Pennsylvania, bedrock is put under explosive pressure to fracture and spill out its lucrative cache of natural gas.
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure
Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Miner Xstrata wins Australia climate test case
Swiss mining giant Xstrata has won a test case against what is set to be Australia's largest open-cut coal mine, with a court ruling that the economic benefits outweighed its climate change impacts.
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Australia to become hotter, drier: climate report
Australia's climate is warming at an alarming rate and is set to become drier despite recent record floods, scientists said in a report that warns of increased drought and fiercer storms.
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Giant new plant shows coal power isn't going away
The Prairie State power plant, set amid farm fields and woods in southwestern Illinois, will start producing power soon, beginning a life of burning local coal that's expected to last until at least the 2040s.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Study characterizes 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved in volcano ash
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. A new study by University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Cut back on soot, methane to slow warming: study
There are simple, inexpensive ways to cut back on two major pollutants -- soot and methane -- and taking action now could slow climate change for years to come, international scientists said Thursday.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline
A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Earth is having a bad acid trip, study finds
Earth may be overdosing on acid - not the "turn on, tune in, drop out" kind, but the "kill fish, kill coral, kill crops" kind. And it's shaping up to be a very bad trip.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Study names new ancient crocodile relative from the land of Titanoboa
Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Australian mining tycoon blasts coal seam gas
Australian mining tycoon Clive Palmer on Saturday hit out at the country's growing coal seam gas industry, saying there were concerns it could lead to environmental contamination.
Aug 28, 2011 |
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New surface nonlinear spectroscopy capability: Picosecond-femtosecond broadband sum frequency generation system
In Dr. Hongfei Wang's spectroscopy laboratory at the end of EMSL's main hallway, the lights are always off. Because the instrumental capability his team has built uses lasers as its main weapon, light interference ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Renewables could bring job boon to Poland: Greenpeace
An ambitious switch from fossil fuels to green energy could generate up to 350,000 new jobs by 2020 in the Poland, the European Union's most coal-dependent member, Greenpeace said Friday in Warsaw.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Australia blames mining for greenhouse gas rise
Australia said Wednesday carbon emissions will rise more than predicted by 2020 in the world's biggest per capita polluter, blaming its Asian-led mining boom.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Coal industry fumes as US revokes mining permit
The withdrawal of a permit for a controversial "mountaintop removal" coal mining operation has sparked outrage in the US industry, but was hailed as a victory for environmental protection and the health of ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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