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The Blood and Sweat Behind Labor Day

CNN... . The Blood and Sweat Behind Labor Day By Kenneth Davis, Special to... more

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Project Icarus: Gas Mining on Uranus

Project Icarus is a 21st century theoretical study of a mission to another star.... more

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Tribal leaders 'abducted and interrogated' over opposition to new mine

Two tribal leaders who are campaigning against the construction of a controversial... more

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/31/stop-illegal-mining-in-forests-by-mining-mafia

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/82036/i-might-seek-cbi-help.html Lokayukta... more

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West Virginia’s New State Rock: Coal

Coal has become the official rock of West Virginia.

Last week. Gov. Joe Manchin signed a resolution (text) giving the rock its new status, and declaring that the bituminous coal industry “remains essential to economic growth and progress in West Virginia and the United States.”

The resolution, which passed the state’s house of delegates 96-0 and was approved by the State Senate in a voice vote, also traces the noble history of the rock, from the time George Washington noted a “coal hill of fire” in what became West Virginia.

The Mountain State joins Kentucky and Utah, both of which have had coal as their state mineral and state rock, respectively, for more than a decade.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/west-virginias-new-state-rock-coal/

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This is ridiculous... 29 miners just died in a coal mine explosion in April 2010 and these people elevate coal to the status of "state rock"? Our use of coal has been, at best, a mixed blessing. At its worst, coal industry operations have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and continues to pollute our planet at a disturbing, and inexcusable, rate. We must move beyond coal!

Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and the largest single source of global warming pollution in the world. Currently one-third of all CO2 emissions comes from burning coal. To curb global warming pollution to the levels needed to minimize the risk of catastrophic global warming, we must end our use of coal in the U.S. within the next 30-40 years.

Unfortunately, governments around the world are allowing, and in some cases subsidizing, the construction of hundreds of new coal-fired power plants. If these plants are built, CO2 emissions from coal are expected to rise 60 percent by 2030, severely undermining efforts to tackle climate change. Here in the U.S., according to a Coal Moratorium NOW! survey, nearly 100 coal plants are currently under construction or in the planning process.

Bottom-line: King Coal must be dethroned!Coal has become the official rock of West Virginia. Last week. Gov. Joe Manchin... more

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Give prosecution & suo motu powers to Lokayukta - Petition

Please give powers to the Karnataka lokayukta or kla to prosecute the corrupt... more

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New Mexico puts old mine to solar use

Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico in conjunction with Chevron is breaking ground Thursday on a 1-megawatt solar farm on land owned by Chevron Mining near Questa, N.M.

The concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPVs) are being provided by Concentrix Solar. The solar farm, which was originally announced in February, will provide power to the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative through a power purchase agreement it signed with Chevron. Kit Carson is an electricity cooperative that supplies power to rural New Mexico communities in Taos, Colfax, and Rio Arriba counties. The solar farm is scheduled to be up and running by the end of 2010.

But this is not the typical corporate-sponsored solar project. The solar farm actually represents a classic tale of mining, pollution, and the next generation's attempt to clean up for past sins, only with an added green tech twist. The solar farm project is actually the result of decades of complaints, investigations, community meetings, and lawsuits concerning serious water and soil pollution from the mine, according to The Taos News.

The mine, a significant source of employment for the area since the 1920s, is currently owned by Chevron Mining, a subsidiary of Chevron. Chevron inherited the mine in 2005 after a merger with Unocal, which already owned Molycorp, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The mine consists of an underground mine for the steel alloy molybdenum, which still operates today, as well as an open-pit mine that was in use between 1965 and 1983. After being accused by residents of polluting area soil and water, the mine eventually caught the notice of the EPA, which conducted a years-long investigation. The open-pit mining, which resulted in the "excavation and dumping of approximately 328 million tons of acid generating and potentially acid generating waste rock" into the environment, is thought to have contributed to the bulk of the pollution in the area, though insufficiently treated waste water from the molybdenum mine also contributed, according to the EPA.

The EPA issued a risk assessment report on "the Molycorp site" in August 2007 (PDF), and declared the area a Superfund site with a 122-page EPA plan for cleanup issued in December 2009 (PDF). The plan proposes a new water treatment plant for the existing molybdenum mine, as well as the removal of PCB-contaminated soil and collection of seepage-impacted ground water from the mine site; its tailing sites (land where the mine's slurry pipeline was laid and eventually leaked); and affected areas which include the Red River, a tributary of the Rio Grande.

As part of the cleanup effort proposed by the EPA, Chevron is installing a solar farm consisting of 175 solar panels across 20 acres on the tailing lands where contaminated soil and water is to be removed.Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico in conjunction with Chevron is breaking ground... more

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Siberia Mines Death Toll reaches 43, Rescue Efforts on

The rescuers continued to step up their efforts to look out for survivors, as the... more

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Obama orders crackdown on mines with repeat violations

President Barack Obama directed federal mine health and safety officials on Thursday... more

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SKorean president orders military on alert

"SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president ordered the military on... more

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Save Karnataka's forests from the mining mafia

http://www.petitiononline.com/miningmf/ Save Karnataka's forests from the... more

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Green Technologies Linked to Destructive Mining

A recent New York Times article reveals that some of the greenest technologies of the... more

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Vacated Mercury Mines Taint Calif. Waters

Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains... more

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Governmet Stands By As Mercury Taints Water

"Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal... more

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Abandoned Mines Could Be Used for Other Purposes: Geothermal Energy

Coal power supplies most of the electricity that we use here in America.

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Canadian miners strike global giant

Canadian workers fight against concessions at Vale Inco, one of the largest nickel... more

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Uranium: Boom, Bust and Back Again

Mining is returning to the Uranium Capital of the World. But do people really want it... more

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Canada's oil rush fuels environmental concerns

Area size of New York state is being mined, raising greenhouse gases The largest... more

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