Sentences with phrase «mined area the size»

So, let's be clear — will we ever have a mined area the size of England in Alberta?

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A decree that will open up an area of the Amazon roughly the size of Denmark to mining has been widely criticized by everyone from supermodel Gisele Bundchen to lawmakers.

Yet strip mining in the United States has already obliterated an area the size of Delaware.

I mean, it's an area of about 35 million acres — about the size of Florida — that is going to be mined and crisscrossed with a spider web of pipelines and roads to get the oil out of there and that's going to be something that's going to impact... probably cause the loss of tens of millions of birds.

Features Queen size bedroom 1 twin bedroom and 1 single bedroom Polished floors and antique furniture All linen, bedding and electric blankets Gas heating Fully equipped kitchen and laundry facilities Well stocked pantry with breakfast provisions television, video and CD player Books and games Paved area with outdoor setting and barbecue Private driveway Smoke free environment Ballarat is famous for the recreation of a goldfields mining town at Sovereign Hill, antique shopping, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Lake Wendouree, the Botanical Gardens and a monthly craft market.

The researchers incorporated indirect deforestation from mining, including infrastructure built to support mineral extraction and transport, into their estimates, concluding that 11,670 square kilometers (4,500 square miles), an area twice the size of the state of Delaware, of forest loss was attributable to mining during that period.

Mountaintop removal mining, if it continues unabated, will cause a projected loss of more than 1.4 million acres by the end of the decade - an area the size of Delaware - with a concomitant severe impact on fish, wildlife, and bird species, not to mention a devastating effect on many neighboring communities.