Coal dust

John Bartlow Martin in his case study exams the Centralia No.5 coal mine disaster on March 25,1947. This explosion occurred near the town of Centralia, Illinois, killing 111 mine workers. The detonation of the mine was caused of heavy deposits coal -dust along the roadway and entrances which over time exploded. Tunnel fires killed most miners, other were trapped and died with accumulating of poison gas. The explosion of Centralia No.5 can be blamed cause of lack of mine safely which this tragedy

On April 5th, 2010 at approximately 3:02p.m., an explosion occurred at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia. Upper Big Branch Mine was part of Performance Coal Company (PCC), a subsidiary of Massey Energy. Rescue teams searched for days to locate possible survivors. 29 of 31 miners working at the time were killed, and the two others were injured. The last of the bodies were not found and removed until April 9th, four days after the explosion. It was the worst mining accident in 40

Gundy Coal proposes the development of an open cut coal mine 6 km east of Scone and 3 km north of Segenhoe. The mine would be produced on the site of Arrowfield Stud (on Gundy Rd and along the Pages River). The mine will also be 17 km north of Aberdeen and 24 km north of Muswellbrook where by the coal would be transported through these towns towards its destination of the Newcastle port to be exported via ship. The mine should produce an average of 6 million tonnes of coal per year, culminating 120

For years coal has been used as a primary source of energy. People used to have to burn coal as a primary way to heat their homes. Not to mention, the transportation industry depends on coal to run their locomotives. Coal is also used as a primary way to produce energy for power companies (coal-uses, 2015). However, many people feel that coal is not safe to use and is harming our environment. According to Green Energy, coal is responsible for over 43% of the current global emissions (Green Energy

Montana Coal and Iron saying “’We have had a little trouble with gas occasionally over the past ten years but our mine was not considered gaseous’” (131). Freeman wasn’t even concerned about the gas in the mine. Even the mice were running out of the mine. The miners kept suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

need for humans to access coal which produce rich resource to generate electricity. Mining comes as simplistic image of just people in hard hats with a pickaxe repeatedly pounding onto rocks until they gather desired materials. However, mining requires a trade cost in order to get reliable energy resource, as coal mining influences and infatuated the environment around it. In particular, surface mines, also known as strip mines, is a practice mining commonly used to access coal by removing layers of

Coal has been driving the world’s energy needs since the Roman Empire, however it is not without repercussions. Coal is a dirty energy source that is dangerous to acquire and environmentally devastating when used. It has caused numerous health issues in miners, contaminated local water supplies, and is responsible for the depletion of the ozone. Although coal is a widely used energy source, the world should invest in finding alternative and more efficient energy sources. Surveying is the observation

independence from fossil fuels, reduced pollution and reduced energy costs. Background Earth’s population has been burning fossil fuels at a rapid rate with no regard to damage being done to the earth’s atmosphere. There are various types of fossil fuels—coal, petroleum and natural gas. These fossil fuels are derived from ancient plant remains and dead animal carcasses that were buried deep in the earth’s crust. After thousands of years buried in the earth’s crust, these remains are dug up from the ground

The citizens in Central Appalachia are amongst the poorest in the country even thought they live in an area that is environmentally diverse and full of natural resources such as coal, timber and agriculture. The author of the book looks at the coal history of her hometown West Virginia and examines the impact of mining and mountain top removal has had on the region. Appalachia’s poverty rate is twice as high as any other region in United States. The regions are primarily country and the people are

debate of 2016. Although once a beneficial technological advance, coal is inefficient and is responsible for a wide variety of pollution; it needs to be eliminated as a source of energy. There are numerous potential sources of energy, and they are most broadly categorized into two groups; renewable and nonrenewable. Renewable, of course, implies that the source can be renewed, while nonrenewable sources exist in limited numbers. Coal fits under the nonrenewable umbrella, and that, in itself, already