Sentences with phrase «local coal mines»

Take a close up view of the local coal mines, perhaps relax in the stunning wineries in the region or visit some of the historical sites of the area.

By: David Oliveira 20th May 2016 Specialist assessments required for the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the proposed extension and remediation of the discard dump and two pollution control dams at the North Shaft section of local coal mining and beneficiation company Kuyasa Mining's Delmas coal mine is currently... →

It's 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia, and all roads point to the local coal mine.

Witbank is the local coal mining area with 22 collieries in an area no more than 40 km in any...

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Local company Prairie Mining has raised $ 15 million from UK - based CD Capital for the development of its Lublin coal project, with the potential for the private equity fund to invest a further $ 68 million.

After a series of incidents where coal mines poisoned local water supplies, the rule was written to force mining companies not to begin new projects without first developing a plan to restore affected streams after the coal is hauled out of the earth.

Hazard, Kentucky, a town hard - hit from coal - mining closings, is struggling to employ its out - of - work coal miners through a mix of local, state, federal and private programs.

In a region where more than a 1,000 workers were recently laid - off from the coal mines, projects like this offer a much - needed economic boost that helps diversify the local economy and buffer, as the mayor of Tumbler Ridge said, the «devastating shocks» from the regular boom - bust cycle of the traditional resource sectors.

The mine wars, the schemes to deprive local Appalachians of the mineral rights to their lands (an injustice which has never been put right), workplace injustice and the struggle to right it are the constitutive violences of the coal and electric power industry.

The local sharemarket was led down by metals and mining stocks as exports of iron ore and coal to China declined.

Ed Miliband explained in his reply that coal mines could remain provided they were «environmentally acceptable» but shifted the responsibility on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), which is in charge of planning applications for new coal mining sites.

«The reason is because some local government officials are investing in those small coal mining companies,» he said, adding that the collusion of the local government and small coal miners thwarts Beijing's efforts to shut down the low - tech coal companies whose operations often harm the environment.

'' [D] epending on where you are, coal mine methane can lead to local problems with ozone smog,» Banks said.»

But it will not do much to prevent the local damage caused by coal mining in the first place.

Little Accidents / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sara Colangelo)-- In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together — a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy — in a web of secrets.

Cala's work is in several museum collections, including in the Silesian Museum of Katowice, the Silesian Library in Katowice, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, and in the local government building in Duisburg in the Ruhr, Germany, and various private collections.

Relatively unknown outside of his native country, his work is in several museum collections in Poland; in the Silesian Museum of Katowice, the Silesian Library in Katowice, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze as well as local government building in Duisburg in the Ruhr (Germany) and various private collections.

The local area they identify as anomalous has a number of coal mining operations, also a potentially large source of methane.

Currently, as soon as one proposed new coal mine, gasfield, or oil well is successfully stopped as a result of community opposition based around local environmental impacts or other non-climate reasons, another similar proposal nearby or elsewhere takes its place.more...

It was reported in July 2011 that Peabody would pursue a large coal mine project in China's western Xinjiang region in partnership with the local provincial government.

Second, WORC wrote that a coal mining increase would impact the local environment and surrounding communities, citing in particular air quality degradation due to an increase in particulate matter and land and water strains.

If climate change continues to have a negative impact on these tourism spots and natural wonders, it could have a huge effect on the local economy, too, as tourism is Australia's second-most valuable export, employing more than 580,000 people — 15 times more than the coal mining industry.

Across the United States, coal mining is destroying wildlife habitat, polluting local water resources and dirtying our air.

As coal mining companies rush to extract this coal to meet India's huge energy demands, conflicts between local villagers and the coal companies have become more common, especially since traditional agricultural communities are rarely given a say in whether and where mining projects will occur.

Gunnoe, a 2009 Goldman Prize recipient, has been actively speaking out for communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining, releasing studies about the impact of this destructive practice on local families» health.

Some 20 years ago, the shutdown of nearby coal mines shattered the local economy.

In 2010 we formed a coalition of local, regional and national environmental groups whose collective mission is slowing and ultimately stopping coal mining in the Powder River Basin.

The details are commercially confidential, but I have always been careful to disclose that I have this interest in my writing when it is relevant; I am proud that the coal mining on my land contributes to the local and national economy; and that my income from coal is not subsidized and not a drain on the economy through raising energy prices.

She continues to be an advocate for the community's health and environment, and has worked with the local health department to place air monitors near coal mines.

Under directives to prioritize economic growth above all else, government is issuing coal licenses with little regard to mining's impact on local residents» lives.

This was in part due to steady declines in coal prices, which have declined by more than 50 percent since 2011, as well as an instance where local women and children formed a human blockade around its La Francia coal mine.

Those crimes committed by Massey Energy led not only to the deaths of their own workers, but to the deaths of countless local residents, such as Joshua Mc Cormick, who died of kidney cancer at age 22 because he was unlucky enough to live downstream from a coal mine.

Arch Coal owes a lot of debts — to miners who are counting on benefits, to communities that built local economies around the promise of sustained mining activity, to states that accepted an «IOU» for land reclamation responsibilities, and to U.S. taxpayers who own the vast majority of coal on Arch's balance sheCoal owes a lot of debts — to miners who are counting on benefits, to communities that built local economies around the promise of sustained mining activity, to states that accepted an «IOU» for land reclamation responsibilities, and to U.S. taxpayers who own the vast majority of coal on Arch's balance shecoal on Arch's balance sheets.

She divides her time between her home in Johannesburg and the Earthlife satellite office in the Limpopo province, where pollution from power stations and coal mines has contaminated local communities to such an extent that farmers can no longer safely grow crops.

Local activists respond that they don't want to shut down the strip mines tomorrow, and argue that existing mines have enough coal to run for decades.

Blevins said when he talks to coal workers in small Texas towns, he tells them to diversify their skillsets in case their local mine or power plant closes.

One interesting debate was in Newcastle (NSW) where wine growers are against further coal development as the drought is damaging their vineyards and threatening jobs - but with the coal producers saying new mines are needed for local jobs.

As coal mines close, how do local communities find new forms of employment and tax revenue?

As a result, Kentucky's leading employers include food processing firms, many coal mining companies and several local firms which cater to the horse racing industry.

In New South Wales, land owned by a Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) or the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) includes minerals other than gold, silver, coal and petroleum.73 Mining can not occur without the consent of the LALC and either the NSWALC or the New South Wales Land and Environment Court.74 LALCs have a statutory power to explore for and exploit mineral resources or other natural resources.75 In Tasmania, land vested in the state Aboriginal Land Council includes minerals other than oil, atomic substances, geothermal substances and helium.76