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Coal Energy
When coal is burned as fuel, it gives off carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that is linked with global warming. Burning coal also produces emissions, such as ... also able to reduce mercury emissions from some types of coal. Scientists are working on new ways to reduce mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants, since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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Coal | Greenpeace UK
UK is imported. Most of this imported coal comes from Russia, Australia and South Africa, meaning that not only does burning coal in the UK ... emissions generated by transporting millions of tonnes of coal across the world worsen the problem... "The single greatest threat to the climate comes from burning coal. Coal-fired generation is historically responsible for ...
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Coal - Aug 12 | Energy Bulletin
The odd and widely ignored truth is that routine radioactive discharges from coal-burning are greater than those produced by nuclear plants. Coal contains ... & Misguided Environmentalism Thwart Remedy to Coal Plant Emissions There is a straightforward and relatively simple way to deal with the environmental dangers of burning coal to generate electricity; however, ...
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Living on Earth: Generating Controversy:  The Changing Climate of Coal
China already uses more coal than the United States, the European Union and Japan, combined. But in addition to generating energy coal plants spew ... -released album "Coal." Mattea plays some songs and talks about growing up in West Virginia coal country, her relationship with the 'black gold,' and how mining and burning coal is affecting the ...
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Kaitlyn Grigsby interview -- Ohio Citizen Action
A coal tipple used for cleaning coal from many area mines, Sago, WV. Who are the ... Can you describe some of your personal experiences with the coal mining industry? Betty Gayle: Coal pays the bill in West Virginia. So everything’ ... him. We used coal to heat with and we had to carry in the coal and carry out the ashes. Clean burning coal worked well. ...
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WWF - Hiding the cost
Culprit Coal > Hiding the cost What's the cause? Culprit Coal Europe's Dirty 30 Asia's coal parasite Polluting the planet Coal ... fossil fuels, energy insecurity through reliance on imported coal, more power cuts and consumer alienation. To prevent ... Burning coal also is responsible for some 554,000 asthma attacks, 16,200 cases of chronic bronchitis, and 38,200 non-fatal heart attacks each year. Coal ...
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Coal Quality
It also includes the EPA model state training program for high capacity fossil fuel-fired plant (boiler) operators. Coal ...
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Coal | Clean Energy | US EPA
Initially, coal is extracted from surface or underground mines. The coal is often cleaned or washed at the coal mine ... . Solid Waste Generation The burning of coal creates solid waste, called ash, which is composed primarily of metal oxides and alkali.2 On average, the ash content of coal is 10 percent.3 ...
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Mountaintop removal coal -- Ohio Citizen Action
NEW YORK, NY -- "Coal is embracing a new, green image. With a proposal of new clean coal technologies, carbon emitted by coal-burning power plants ... the environmental consequences of coal extraction and processing, clean coal is a myth. David Novack's documentary, Burning the Future: Coal in America, tells a story of mountaintop-removal coal mining and ...
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Burning desire: with high energy costs as a backdrop, entrepreneurs eye biomass as a market worth...
By: Brian Taylor Whether the practice of burning or distilling garbage, debris or tree trimmings and harnessing the energy can be considered ... These plants burn wood along with coal, with the wood used to provide additional energy and to neutralize the amount of mercury released from the coal. Burning desire: with high energy costs as ...
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