Blasts from the Past. / Jeff Goodell.
by Goodell, Jeff; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 72Environment. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Bush, George W | Atmospheric carbon dioxide | Coal mines and mining | Coal-fired power plants | Energy policy | Environmental degradation | Environmental law | Strip mining | Appalachian Mountains | West VirginiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Arch [Coal] will dig up 100 million tons of coal this year, with six million coming from Hobet 21 [Charleston, W. Va.]. Almost half of the coal Arch digs in Appalachia will be obtained by a controversial method known as 'mountaintop removal.' Instead of digging the coal out of the mountains in subterranean shafts, as miners used to do, workers today--with the help of enormous machines called draglines that scoop 100 tons of earth and rock at the same time--simply remove the mountains from the coal. It's hell on the owls and frogs and human beings who live in the vicinity, but it's remarkably efficient." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) The author explains that despite the troubling aspects associated with the coal industry, it is likely to remain an important part of America's energy program.
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Originally Published: Blasts from the Past, July 22, 2001; pp. 30+.
"Arch [Coal] will dig up 100 million tons of coal this year, with six million coming from Hobet 21 [Charleston, W. Va.]. Almost half of the coal Arch digs in Appalachia will be obtained by a controversial method known as 'mountaintop removal.' Instead of digging the coal out of the mountains in subterranean shafts, as miners used to do, workers today--with the help of enormous machines called draglines that scoop 100 tons of earth and rock at the same time--simply remove the mountains from the coal. It's hell on the owls and frogs and human beings who live in the vicinity, but it's remarkably efficient." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) The author explains that despite the troubling aspects associated with the coal industry, it is likely to remain an important part of America's energy program.
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