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Abandoned Coal Mines Emit As Much CO2 as a Small Power Plant
2016-06-27 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Thousands of abandoned coal mines dot the U.S. landscape, vestiges of old fossil fuel boomtowns and industrial hubs. But despite no longer producing coal, these sites are still contributing to climate change by leaking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a recent study by scientists at West Virginia University. The total amount of CO2 released annually by 140 abandoned sites in Pennsylvania is equal to that of a small coal-fired power plant, says the study, published in Environmental...
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Peabody's Australian mines in jeopardy despite minister's advice, says lawyer
2016-06-02 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Josh Frydenberg should revisit reassurances he gave workers at Peabodys Australian coalmines after the company filed financial statements revealing a dire financial position, an environmental lawyer who has studied the documents says. When the worlds biggest coalminer, Peabody Energy, sought bankruptcy protection in the United States in April, the federal resources minister said he had been reassured none of the companys 3,500 Australian workers would be losing their jobs. My primary...
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QinetiQ Wins New Contract to Command Multiple Unmanned Systems to Defeat Sea Mines
2016-06-01 17:25:00| Naval Technology
QinetiQ is to demonstrate the integration of unmanned systems into Royal Navy operations, under a 1m contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).
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Peru Declares Emergency to Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines
2016-05-24 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines Marcin Nowak/Wikimedia Fishing boats on the Madres de Dios River. Peru has declared a 60-day emergency in the Amazon due to widespread mercury pollution from the regions booming gold mining industry, the country's environment minister announced this week. Several studies have confirmed dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin in waterways, fish, and people living in the Madres de Dios region, near Peru's southeast border. Members of the Harakmbut indigenous...
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Colorado School of Mines to build $50 million research facility
2016-04-29 20:49:00| American School & University
Golden, Colo.-based school breaks ground next week on the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering read more
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