Sentences with phrase «coal dust coming»

They've argued that coal dust coming off the trains would harm local air quality and that exporting the coal negates U.S. reductions in carbon emissions.

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One forgets that the 19th - century worshipers came in from streets redolent of horse manure, to a building whose heating plant left coal dust on the higher reaches of the furniture.

The coal dust exploded, and Cyril came out singed, a Wile E. Coyote in Wellies.

MacInnis's father, Alex, was a miner at first, and Al can remember seeing him come home for dinner with coal dust all over his face, two eyes shining through the dirt.

Dust can come from natural sources, but the other pollutants have human - made origins, including cars, factories and coal - fired power plants.

Sea salt comes from sea spray over the oceans, dust from dry desert areas, black carbon from burning of forests and fossil fuels, sulphates derive from ocean plankton and burning coal, nitrates derive from fertiliser use, car exhausts and lightning, and secondary organics come from the stew of volatile organic compounds from industrial and natural sources alike.

Walking down a stairwell, I instinctively gripped the railing and my hand came away covered in a fine layer of coal dust.

Maria — Coal is king when it comes to generating electricity and will continue to be when the dust has settled, unless you guys are willing to get on board with nuclear energy.

Whether it's the health impacts from increased exposure to diesel exhaust or coal dust or train derailments themselves, increased coal exports come at a cost to our neighborhoods.