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My Wish for 2011: A Just Transition to Clean Energy
By not in system - AOL NewsThis is the year that our country makes the shift from our dependence on dirty coal toward a clean-energy economy. And this is the year that coal miners will lead that just transition, making our devastated coalfields ground zero in the clean-energy boom. After speaking in more than 20 states and coalfield communities across the nation last year with my book "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland," I have become more convinced than ever that we can bridge the fabricated divide between coal miners and coal-mining communities and environmental organizations like ...
All 29 Miners Dead After 2nd Blast at NZ Coal Mine
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(Nov. 24) -- All 29 miners trapped in a New Zealand coal mine are believed to be dead after a second powerful explosion ripped through the tunnels where they may have sought shelter, officials said today. This afternoon's blast, believed to be caused by a buildup of flammable methane gas over the past five days, was "horrific," Police Superintendent Gary Knowles told CNN. "No one survived." It's New Zealand's worst mining disaster in more than a century. "I was at the mine myself when this actually occurred," Knowles told the BBC. "This is one of the most tragic things I have had to do ...
Survivor Recounts Struggle After New Zealand Mine Blast
By not in system - AOL NewsGREYMOUTH, New Zealand (Nov. 21) -- The explosion that left 29 miners missing in New Zealand resembled "a shotgun blast, but much, much louder and more powerful," said a coal miner who was smashed into the mine wall before collapsing amid the smoky, swirling gas and dust. When he came to, Daniel Rockhouse, 24, dragged himself upright and staggered to a nearby compressed air line to breathe in fresh air and gain some strength. "I got up and there was thick white smoke everywhere - worse than a fire. I knew straight away that it was carbon monoxide," Rockhouse, whose brother Ben remains ...
Families Await Fate of New Zealand Coal Miners
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GREYMOUTH, New Zealand (AP) - Relatives of 29 miners still missing three days after an underground explosion were given a tour of the site Sunday in order to better understand the situation, including how toxic gases are preventing a rescue attempt. Nothing has been heard from the men who were deep in the mine near Atarau on South Island when a massive blast ripped through it late Friday, but officials insist it is still a rescue operation. "We remain focused on these guys and bringing them home," rescue controller, police superintendent Gary Knowles, told a news conference Sunday in the ...
A Holiday in Israel and More: Chilean Miners Rake In Offers [VIDEO]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- When Israel invited the 33 recently rescued Chilean miners on an expense-free trip to the Holy Land over Christmas, they probably didn't expect the offer to break the bank. But the men, who became international superstars last month after surviving 69 days underground, drive a pretty hard bargain: They accepted Israel's offer on the condition they can bring 70 relatives along with them. The request may seem reasonable to the miners in light of the lucrative offers they have already received from media outlets looking to cash in on their story. After all, when miner Mario ...
Opinion: Moving the Ball Toward a Cleaner Environment
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Jeanine Leech, AOL Ovie Mughelli (Oct. 12) -- Protecting my teammates on the football field is important, of course -- but even more important to me off the field is protecting my daughter. As an athlete and parent, I know just how important it is to have clear air and water. I recently learned about a toxic substance near many Americans' homes -- one that's currently treated as household garbage despite containing dangerous toxins such as arsenic, lead, mercury, selenium and cadmium. Coal ash is the by-product of burning coal for electricity, and it's stored in disposal sites around the ...
Opinion: Got Electricity? You Might Be Plugging into a Crime
By Jeff Biggers - AOL News(Sept. 27) -- When you flick on your light switch in 48 states across the nation, you are likely taking part in one of the oldest and most egregious environmental and human rights violations in the nation -- the strip-mining of coal. Seems so old-fashioned, doesn't it? Nearly half of our country's electricity comes from coal-fired plants, and most of that coal comes from strip mining. For coalfield residents in 24 states, your lights have come at a staggering cost to our communities. In central Appalachia, mountaintop removal mining -- the process of blowing up mountains to get to the coal ...
Lethal Gas Leaks Into Central China Coal Mine, Killing 9
By not in system - AOL NewsBEIJING (Aug. 2) -- Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into a coal mine in central China, a state news agency said Tuesday. A "gas outburst" occurred at 11:19 p.m. Monday at the Sanyuandong Coal Mine in Dengfeng, a city in Henan province, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It reported 127 miners were underground and 111 escaped unharmed, according to an official with the Zhengzhou Coal Industry Co. Ltd., which runs the mine. The company could not be reached by phone. Calls to the coal management bureau and the propaganda office of the Communist ...
Senate Votes Not to Block EPA on Greenhouse Gas Limits
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn a close call for the environmental movement, the Senate refused to go along with an Alaskan senator's bid to block the EPA from limiting greenhouse gas emissions under authority of the existing Clean Air law. The 53-47 vote Thursday not to rein in the Obama administration agency cheered enviros but disappointed energy state senators, who fear the EPA, on its own, will impose rules restricting carbon dioxide and other pollutants at coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and some manufacturing facilities. The impact, they say, would also curb mining and other production activities. ...
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