Sentences with phrase «dukeries coalfields»

Eastern Kentucky lost 21.6 percent of its coal jobs during the quarter, while the drop in the state's western coalfield was 12.2 percent.

While we're on the question of Ric Stowe and his Griffin Coal Company, bar - room chatter coming out of Collie indicates that life is about to get somewhat tougher in the coalfields and a new round of cost cutting may be on the way — with interesting variat

Foreign miners are ready to pounce on any supply disruption caused by Aurizon's controversial new approach to railway maintenance in the Queensland coalfields, with Canadian miner Teck warning the stoush could «definitely have an impact» on coal markets.

The rights, privileges and protections you enjoy as an American are not extended to the residents of the Appalachian coalfields.

In many coalfield communities, the purity and availability of drinking water are keen concerns.

During the miners» strike, at the first show I went up to the coalfields there's some old geezer called Jock Purdon who must have been in his mid-70s who's on the bill with me.

Playwright Peter Shaffer and late comic Eric Morecambe were also among the young men conscripted to Britain's coalfields.

Far from viewing people from these coalfield areas, such as in Barnsley where I represent, as ordinary, decent, hard - working people employed in a valuable and vital part of our economy, they presented the striking miners as dangerous «revolutionaries» to be defeated.

Meanwhile, the posts of shadow chancellor and shadow home secretary are likely to be held by two other MPs who represent seats in that swathe of the Yorkshire coalfield between Leeds and Doncaster.

«There is a bit of a difference between areas such as London and the cities... and places like Mansfield which is a coalfield area in the Midlands, where actually we lost.»

Most coalfield Labour MPs were pushed by their union to retire at the election after their 65th birthday, maintaining solidarity with the ordinary members.

The Dukeries coalfields were not historically a bastion of great Labour strength, and they were part of the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers during the 1985 Miners strike.

They make it clear that Labour still tends to win big in the Swadlincote area, but the Tories win very slightly bigger still in Repton, Melbourne & the villages outside the traditional coalfield area.

For about 10 kilometers, the river passes through the Hobet 21 surface mining complex, which has been active since the 1970s and is among the largest in the Appalachian coalfields.

The demand for coal to produce the hydrogen needed to run gas batteries has transformed places such as Grove's own south Wales, where coalfields are expanded to meet the insatiable need for more power.

Britain's coalfields are associated with Fiji dominate Wales as PNG finally overcome Ireland.

Since the closure of the Selby Coalfield, where he held a management position, he moved to Devon with his wife and children where they run a small farm and holiday cottage business.

The first prototype was tested in the German coalfields, Sahara Desert and the Arctic circle in 1974.

Sean Brock grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia and began his lifelong love affair with food in his grandmother's kitchen, garden and preserved - food - filled basement.

When I was a child in the West Virginia coalfields, I was terribly near - sighted, a fact not discovered until I was in the fourth grade.

As we say here in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia — There's more than one way to skin a possum.»

Visit Farina, Ochre Pits, Leigh Creek coalfields, Beltana, Parachilna Gorge, historic Blinman copper mine and the Flinders Ranges National Park before overnight accommodation at Rawnsley Park or Wilpena Pound Resort.

After lunch visit the ruins of the ghost town Farina, the original old Ghan railhead, Lyndhurst Ochre Pits and the Leigh Creek coalfields.

Visit Farina (original Ghan rail head), Ochre pits and the Leigh Creek open cut coalfield, travelling through the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park to Wilpena Pound Resort.

Then onto the coalfields of Leigh Creek before arriving at the isolated town of Marree.

Visit the ruins of the ghost town of Farina (the original Old Ghan rail head), Lyndhurst Ochre Pits and the Leigh Creek open cut coalfields.

His current project explores life within coalfield areas of the British Midlands.

As a point of reference, let's compare its net carbon content with the Gillette Coalfield in the Powder river basin, one of the largest coal deposits in the world.

Given the larger factors at play, do coalfield communities in Appalachia really need another divisive campaign built around calling political and regulatory matters a «war»?

While the company flagged in 2007 that it sees coal from Mozambique coalfields holding «high potential to serve India's rapidly growing demand» [106] it has yet to announce any projects.

You may not live in the coalfields, but as Rev. Billy can attest you can still fight to end mountaintop removal from wherever you are.

Listen, due to the mountain bombing, the coalfields of Appalachia have been transformed to the killing fields.

The march follows the route of thousands of coal miners in what became the historic Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 — the largest class warfare armed confrontation in U.S. labor history, when miners battled police and strikebreakers backed by the coal operators for five days seeking to unionize the coalfields, until the President ordered the U.S. Army to put down the insurrection.

A group of coalfield citizens traveled to Washington, D.C., during the March on Blair Mountain to renew their call for the end of mountaintop removal mining, a devastating coal mining practice that is destroying their communities, contaminating their drinking water supplies, and threatening the health and lives of many Appalachians.

Faced with unprecedented demand in the state, we worked with partners to launch the first solar job training and apprenticeship program in West Virginia — bringing jobs and opportunities to the coalfields.

Coalfield Development, a nonprofit social enterprise in West Virginia, is working to turn former coal mining areas and mountaintop removal sites into farmland and forest, using farm animals to root out invasive plants and fertilize the depleted soil.

In the Kent coalfield pits like Betteshanger were 3000 feet deep and it was common to see face workers wearing a safety helmet, safety boots, and a smile.

Dr Joachim Geisler, CEO of MIBRAG, explained: «The acquisition of the Helmstedt coalfield is an important investment in the future for MIBRAG.

Appalachia Rising, a mass mobilization calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal coal mining, converged thousands of coalfield residents and supporters in Washington D.C. for a conference called «Voices of the Mountains» and a mass march and action.

Coalfield residents living near mountaintop removal mining sites have long suspected this terrible, destructive practice is hurting our health.

They also spoke of 19 peer - reviewed scientific studies that indicate that coal mining and mountaintop removal mining specifically are contributing to tremendously high rates of cancer and birth defects in Appalachian coalfield areas.

The two witnesses — the only people living in the coalfields on the entire witness list — were Maria Gunnoe, who is an organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and Bo Webb, a member of Coal River Mountain Watch.

The coal industry has long been the backbone of the region's economy and the main employer of generations of working - class families living in the Appalachian coalfields.

The maps below show hotspots of biodiversity based on a rarity - weighted index biological diversity produced by the Nature Conservancy, as well as the major river systems with headwaters in the Appalachian coalfields.

In many coalfield communities, the purity and availability of drinking water are keen concerns.»

Amazing full HD 1920 x 1080 aerial video of the Appalachian coalfields, shot entirely in southern West Virginia.

The video features voice recordings of local people recounting the daily struggles of life in the coalfields as well as traditional music of Appalachia.

We partnered with a nonprofit called Coalfield Development Corporation to develop a program to build the solar workforce in West Virginia.

The treasures it offers its residents are diverse - ranging from the largest free ranging elk herd east of Montana, the nation's most productive coalfield, and the breeding of thoroughbred horses.

Traffic school in Coalfield Tennessee can be completed online in the comfort of your home.