We still blow up mountains to mine coal: Time to end the ...May 01, 2021 · We still blow up mountains to mine coal: Time to end the war on Appalachia. On Earth Day this year, as President Biden assembled world leaders to a climate summit to focus on a " .
Coal's legacy in Appalachia: Lands, waters, and people ...Sep 09, 2021 · For more than a century, the coalmining industry has been a major economic force and employer in the Appalachian region of eastern USA. As national and global energy economies experience rapid change, Appalachian mining is declining in a way that appears permanent. Coal mining, however, has left its mark on the region's lands, waters, and people.
A Pennsylvania Town Moves Beyond Toxic History of Denuded ...It also left a toxic legacy on the people and the landscape. The backdrop for this industrial town of just under 5,500 people is Blue Mountain, which the Appalachian Trail runs through, and Aquashicola Creek, which drains into the Lehigh River, used extensively for transporting the region's coal and a tributary of the Delaware River.
Extractive Fictions and Postextraction Futurisms ...Nov 01, 2019 · MTR coal mining began gradually replacing subsurface mining operations in Appalachia in the 1990s after an amendment to the Clean Air Act lowered nationwide emissions standards. The method was developed as an economically viable means to extract cleanerburning, lowsulfur coal abundant in southern West ia.
Contaminants in Appalachian Water Resources Generated by ...Nov 26, 2020 · Mountaintop removal coal mining enhances and sustains saline baseflows of Appalachian watersheds. Environ Sci Technol 51:8324–8334 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar Pond GJ (2010) Patterns of Ephemeroptera taxa loss in Appalachian headwater streams (Kentucky, USA).
Why is the coal mining industry decreasing?Answer (1 of 10): An alternative interpretation Coal use is declining because oil is valuable. Most of the coal consumed in the US is burned in power plants. Coal is cheap at the mine but must be transported (usually by train). Half of US coal comes from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. At ~...
Stream Pollution By Coal Mine Drainage In AppalachiaAfter the advent of commercial mining, coal mine drainage stream pollution began to have serious effects, and as early as 1890, the Youghiogheny River at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, contained sufficient pollutants from coal mining activities to kill fish at times ( Public Health Service, 1962).
Beyond coal: A resilient new economy for Appalachia ...Aug 03, 2010 · Coal mining has dominated the economy of Appalachia for more than a century and has drastically altered much of the regional ecology. Among the primary impacts of coal mining are degraded soils, slurry impoundments, contaminated streams, polluted air, human health effects, and a reduction in biodiversity. We address the broad issue of Appalachia's future by proposing an alternative to the ...
Julia BondsThe pollution from mining and the toxic chemicals used in the preparation of coal for market have been linked to rising asthma rates and other serious respiratory ailments, particularly among children, including Bonds' grandson. Residents who live near the mining blast zones also suffer from traumatic stress.
Collection: Highlander Center Records | Appalachian StateThis collection contains a huge amount of information on coal mining, the Appalachian region as it relates to natural resources and the public and legal protection of them, gathered information for a land study of the region, innumerable newspaper articles about .
Transcriptome Analysis of Invasive Plants in Response to ...Sep 01, 2015 · 1. Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Sep 1;49(17):103209. doi: / Epub 2015 Aug 13. Transcriptome Analysis of Invasive Plants in Response to Mineral Toxicity of Reclaimed CoalMine Soil in the Appalachian Region.
Environmental health disparities in the Central ...Comparison of mortality disparities in central Appalachian coaland non–coalmining counties. J Occup Environ Med 2015;57(6):687–94. Search in Google Scholar. 31. Buchanich JM, Balmert LC, Youk AO, Woolley SM, Talbott EO. General mortality patterns in Appalachian coalmining and noncoalmining counties. J Occup Environ Med 2014;56(11):1169 ...
Liability for Pollutants and Toxic MaterialsAug 19, 2014 · Things just got slightly more complied for companies that produce toxic or potentially harmful waste. A debate over toxic selenium released by coal mines in Appalachia has been heard and ruled on by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in ia, and the court has ruled that claiming ignorance about a toxin is not enough to shield a company from being forced to take responsibility for it ...
Study Shows Surface Coal Miners are Exposed to Toxic Dust ...Dec 10, 2019 · Appalachian surface coal miners are consistently overexposed to toxic silica dust, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and .
Characterization of particulate matter (PM10) related to ...Jul 01, 2012 · This study investigates the environmental exposure of residents of a community in southwest ia to respirable concentrations of dust (PM10 PM 10) generated by trucks hauling coal from surface coal mining study site is representative of communities in southwest ia and other parts of Appalachia that are loed in narrow hollows where homes are placed .
What EPA is Doing to Reduce the Adverse Impacts of Surface ...Sep 21, 2020 · Sep 21, 2020 · Fish and Wildlife Service, and. the West ia Department of Environmental Protection, issued an environmental impact statement looking at the impacts of surface coal mining and valley fills. This was done as part of a settlement agreement in the court case known as Bragg v. Robertson, Civ. No. 2:980636 ( ).
Respiratory Diseases Caused by Coal Mine DustCoal is an important global commodity and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Thus, mining of coal will also remain important. Despite improvements in exposure assessment and ventilation controls and the existence of protective government regulations, coal miners are still at risk for respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust and their associated morbidity and mortality.
Lung Disease in Central Appalachia: It's More than Coal ...Sep 30, 2021 · Dust is Only Partially to Blame. Differences in dust exposure, including cumulative dust exposure, dust composition, and particle size, as well as host susceptibilities, can lead to a wide spectrum of coal miningrelated lung disease [].Although CWP has historically been associated with coal dust exposure, there is increasing evidence that exposure to silica (quartz) is contributing to the ...
(PDF) Mortality Rates in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties ...Compared to 1979, the mortality rates for 2004 were %. lower in coal mining areas, % lower for other areas. of Appalachia and % lower for the rest of the coun. try; that is, the rate ...
Mountaintop coal mining causes Appalachian rivers to run ...Jul 13, 2017 · Mountaintopremoval coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to 80 percent of the year, a new study .
Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the ...Oct 16, 2019 · In the 13 Appalachian states, there are 406 Superfund sites. While taxpayers fund the cleanup of these sites, the EPA under the Trump administration is weakening regulations for coal ash, chemicals, and air pollution, and working with industry to craft its policies.
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A once thriving coal town has turned toxic, and citizens ...Mar 27, 2018 · Minden was a thriving coal mining community during the first half of the 20th century. The town's mines, loed along the scenic New River in Fayette County, were some of the most productive in the region. Life wasn't easy for the miners and their families, but .
Tell EPA to protect our water supplies from toxic coal ash ...Sep 28, 2009 · Mountaintop removal coal mining continues to ravage Appalachia's communities and environment. Coal mining corporations are detonating 2,500 tons of .
The Violent Remaking of AppalachiaMar 21, 2016 · Central Appalachia's history is the story of coal. At its peak in the mid20 th century, mining employed more than 150,000 people in West ia .