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Many in US coal country oppose new emission regulations Charleston, West Virginia (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 
Coal super-powers China, India and the United States are set to dominate world climate talks next month, but even in the heartland of US coal there are doubts their re-branded fuel can be part of the solution. In the rugged tree-cloaked hills of rural West Virginia, coal is as much a way of life as bluegrass music, pickup trucks or the hundreds of wood-clad baptist churches that spot the cou ... read moreTen suffocate in shuttered Chinese mine: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2009Ten people have suffocated in a mine in northern China after illegally entering the facility, which was shut down a year ago, the nation's work safety watchdog said Thursday. The accident occurred on Monday in Shanxi province's Datong city, according to a statement posted on the watchdog's website. Two people survived the ordeal at the mine, which had been closed down in October 2008 ... more
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Lausitz: Coal country reinvents itself
Grossraeschen, Germany (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 An eastern German region devastated by decades of strip mining is trying to reinvent itself with renewables and a new form of eco-tourism. Meet Gerold Schellstede. The German entrepreneur has taken $6 million of his money to turn a run-down 19th century villa in Grossraeschen in Brandenburg into a 4-star "Lake Hotel." The problem? There is no lake. At least not yet. ... more US Coal Peak Production: Point And Counterpoint 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 22, 2009A timely debate on "United States Coal Peak Production" will enliven the October annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon this week. Highly regarded experts, Dr. David B. Rutledge of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Dr. Frank Clemente of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will be keynote speakers presenting opposing views. ... more Eight killed in China mine blast: state media
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2009Eight workers were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in central China's Hunan province, state media reported Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday when the workers were underground at the Jiahe mine in the city of Chenzhou, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing local coal industry officials, without providing further details. China has a notoriously poor record for wor ... more Victoria considers brown coal exports
Sydney (UPI) Oct 14, 2009 Victoria is considering exporting massive amounts of its "dirty" brown coal reserves. The Age reported that confidential Cabinet documents it obtained show the Victorian government is considering offering billions of tons of the coal for competitive tender in 2010. The tender process would be preceded by a go-ahead for a $1.5 billion plan by energy company Exergen to mine, dry and ship ... more |
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China mine blast death toll rises to 54: govt
Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2009The death toll from a gas explosion last week at a coal mine in central China has risen to 54, with 25 others still trapped, the government's work safety watchdog said Tuesday. The State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website that rescue efforts were continuing in the city of Pingdingshan in Henan province, but that the mine shafts had been damaged in the blast. ... more Death toll rises to 42 in China mine blast: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has risen to 42, with 37 workers still trapped underground, state media reported Wednesday, citing local officials. The deadly blast, the latest to rock the notoriously dangerous coal mining industry here, took place early Tuesday in a small mine in Pingdingshan city in Henan province, officials said. Two city officials ... more 35 dead, 44 trapped in China mine blast: official 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2009At least 35 people were killed and 44 others were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China early Tuesday, the government's work safety watchdog announced. A total of 93 people were working in the mine in Pingdingshan city in Henan province when the blast took place in the early hours, the State Administration of Work Safety announced on its website. Fourteen were able to ... more 13 dead, 66 missing in China mine blast: state media
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2009At least 13 people were killed and 66 others remain missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China, state media reported, quoting officials and the government work safety watchdog. The blast took place at about 1:00 am (1700 GMT Monday) at a mine in Pingdingshan city in Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. A spokesman for the city's Communist Party ... more |
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