Coal Ash Spill: A Case Study

Two wastes that resulted from this production were coal tar and purified waste. Coal tar was a formation of less volatile chemical compounds. Coal tar’s sole purpose was for roofing and road building material. Scientists taking coal tar as a starting point developed other uses. Manufactured gas plants were creating more coal than they could find buyers for and eventually formed an emulsion with water. The tar produced spills and leaks over decades of operation. Chemicals found in coal tar were anthracene, fluorene, napthalene, pyrene and many others (dec.ny.gov). Sulfur and cyanide compounds that were being removed through purifier beds consisting of lime or wood chips formed purifier waste. Reactions took place between the gas and purifier material corroding gas pipes, stoves and lighting fixtures. Purifier beds would eventually fill up with tar and become unusable. Having to dispose of the material, the waste had a strong odor and the wood chips would ignite if left uncovered. The purifier waste would either be shipped to landfills or fill low-lying areas on premises. The cyanide compound found in purifier waste contaminated groundwater away from the burial location. The water that became affected was highly acidic and caused harm to fish and

The Coteau Freedom Mine, a subsidiary of North American Cole Mine of NACO, provides coal to three main consumers: Antelope Valley Station, Leland Olds Station, and Dakota Gasification Company. All three consumers of the coal excavated at the Coteau Freedom Mine are part of the Basin Electric Company, which produces and distributes much of the power for the northern central states. The mine itself excavates about 15 million tons of coal per year, which is nearly 60,000 tons of coal per day. It is responsible for one half of the production of coal in North Dakota.

The Buffalo Creek flood of West Virginia is believed to be the most devastating coal relate disaster in West Virginia history. The flood occurred in the Buffalo Creek area of Logan County on February 26, 1972 when three dams broke and released 132 million gallons of water and coal waste known by miners as “gob,” and is a thick sludge-like material. The gob contains many toxic chemicals and pollutants such as mercury and arsenic that are left behind from the coal mining process. The wastewater would lie in settling ponds and dams until it could be properly disposed of. The water that was left over from processing coal would be disposed of in two different ways. Some of the water would be pumped from the dam back to the “tipple”, otherwise

Should you find yourself in a disaster, helping others is most likely not your first thought. The more rational probe for a way to survive safely, they usually worry about themselves first, and others second. In the Novel Hiroshima by John Hersey, even though many of the main characters are hurt, run to assist others. Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, and Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, who were in the thick of it lacked any authentic reason to help others, yet they still made the effort to try. The disaster that befell Hiroshima was an atrocity, however, it did bring the community closer. Compassion in all forms, enthralls those who have nothing to gain to help others, regardless of the repercussions or sacrifices.

Clean coal technology usually addresses atmospheric problems resulting from burning coal. Historically, the primary focus was on sulfur dioxide and particulates, since it is the most important gas in the causation of acid rain. More recent focus has been on carbon dioxide (due to its impact on global warming) as well as other pollutants. Concerns exist regarding the economic viability of these technologies and the timeframe of delivery, potentially high hidden economic costs in terms of social and environmental damage, and the costs and viability of disposing of removed carbon and other toxic matter. More, the byproducts of coal power production range from fly ash sludge ponds full of mercury, arsenic, and sulfur in unlined ponds that can leak into the water supply.

Southern Nevada has developed hydropower projects, which generates electricity whilst the water passes through the pipes. The NDEP (Nevada Division of Environmental Protection) initiated environmental cleanup programs to clean up contaminations. To protect ground water, communities adopt strategies to protect these areas by keeping the thought of stopping contaminations in their heads. Also, the

What is coal ash, and how does it relate to North Carolina? Coal ash is a mixture of chemicals and metals that are a threat to the environment and the well- being of others. The dangers of coal ash increase as the ponds they are stored in are being located near power plants sitting beside our water sources. Sadly, we Americans use coal for a significant number of things. This may include electricity, steel, cement, etc. North Carolina has 30 additional sites of coal manufacturing located in 14 different locations. As a community, we continuously take resources that we need such as water for granted. We don’t realize how contamination of our water sources can affect our daily lives.

Scarred By Vietnam In The Things They Carried, the characters are forced to grapple with war's intense psychological and physical burdens, making coping mechanisms crucial to survive. These men served at the age of 20 and were forced to face the terrifying realities of war only a couple of years after becoming adults themselves. Characters like Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and Lavender's use of avoidance, comfort items, and drugs show their scarring along with their need to hide embarrassment while serving in the war. Norman Bowker, a soldier who’s plagued with guilt and regret from the war, likes to drive in circles around the lake. Over and over he drives around, talking to himself about the things he wishes to say to people, thinking, “If Sally had not been married, or if his father was not such a baseball fan, it would have been a good time to talk.”

The 500,000 cubic yards of spilled ash will remains in the river because workers simply can 't get it all out. And while people warned against swimming, tubing and other activities near the disaster site because of the risk of contact with toxic ash, the agency and state officials are now saying that the remaining coal ash presents minimal health risks -- though they 're still recommending that people wash off after leaving the water.

Water contamination is the next major concern of environmental groups. The Environmental Protection Agency, the governmental regulatory agency created in 1970 to manage the enforcement of environmental policy, states its concerns in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2009 (United). Specifically addressing mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, the EPA expressed serious concerns over water pollution from strip mining (“EPA”). The rupture of an ash dike at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, TN on December 22, 2008 granted credibility to the EPA’s concerns. In an article published by in Environmental Health Perspectives, Rhitu Chatterjee comments on the poisonous substances contained in ash produced from processing coal, listing

The pile provide dirty energy and wreck the environment. It is most problematic to the people living across from the river and the piles since it is where the air blows the dust. Where they are located and what business and homes are being affected. The hopes for renovating that area will quickly become into a past dream than a reality. The only cause of this problem is the existence of these piles and the demand to keep them for the use of energy. Also the council of Green Bay is partly at fault for allowing such an environmental hazard lurk in the downtown riverfront area for so long. The council's contribution to helping residents needs to step up. Something they While the existence of the coal piles is the obvious problem, looking to patch or solve this issue has become an ongoing fight for many groups, councils, and

Criticism is the practice of judging the qualities and faults of something, such as movies in this case. Literary exchanges contain three participants, the text, the source, and the receiver. The analysis for literary work is classified into three modes of schools of criticism and theory. These are the emphasis on the text, emphasis on the source, and emphasis on the receiver; each school acting as an umbrella for various types of criticism in which they focus on one of the three participants of literary relations in a unique way. The type of criticism that best fits the movie reviews of Halloween, 300, and Frozen are reader response criticism, new criticism, and structuralism respectively.

Executive Summary: The Fly Ash Brick Project Case highlights a project idea between two potential business partners Rajiv Sharma and Alok Gupta. Rajiv has had a business idea for a long time regarding the manufacturing of Fly Ash Bricks, a construction material made up of recycled coal residue and three other materials (Gypsum, Lime, and Sand). He has been doing market research on the feasibility for this venture, and as an important step of the process, he must calculate the financial risk and potential of this business plan. He is relying on a cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to determine if this project is a reality for him financially.

     Another driving force behind the improper disposal of hazardous waste was the Mafia. “Organized crime controlled the solid waste disposal industry through the major trade associations, the relevant Teamster locals, and the connivance of political cronies”(Block, 1985, p.102). The Mafia has the ability to buy public officials with ease. This and their scare tactics led many EPA officials to do nothing about the illegal activities that took place. “Imagine an EPA inspector or state regulatory agent trying to deal with firms controlled by the members of the most powerful crime syndicates in the country”(Block, 1985, p.103).

In the United States, 42 percent of the nation’s electricity is generated by burning coal as coal is cheap and plentiful.