Oct 28 32 Workers are feverishly trying to clean up a massive spill of toxic coal sludge that broke through the wall of a slurry sediment pond in southeastern Kentucky collapsed an underground mine A scary thing happened on Halloween near Hinton Alberta Canada had what may be the largest coal slurry spill in its history when a dam failed at the Obed Mountain coal mine and 264 million gallons 1 billion litres of waste water contaminated at least 25 kilometers of the Athabasca river Ten mun
اطلاعات بیشترApr 19 32 Coal slurry is a waste product of coal mining and processing and contains both liquid and solid constituents Particles of coal water and chemicals used to prepare coal for market make up the slurry Suitable methods of processing coal slurry for reuse or return to the environment have not been implemented so the waste is held in storage in above ground ponds or pumped into worked out Thank goodness for Dr James Talbot Alberta’s chief medical officer of health After 14 days of stonewalling by the Alberta Government he released some of the water test results from the gigantic 1 billion litre coal slurry spill into the Athabasca River from the Obed Mountain coal mine near Hinto
اطلاعات بیشترDec 17 32 Mining affects fresh water through heavy use of water in processing ore and through water pollution from discharged mine effluent and seepage from tailings and waste rock impoundments Increasingly human activities such as mining threaten the water sources on which we all dependThe environmental impact of the coal industry includes issues such as land use waste management water and air pollution caused by the coal mining processing and the use of its productsIn addition to atmospheric pollution coal burning produces hundreds of millions of tons of solid waste products annually including fly ash bottom ash and flue gas desulfurization sludge that contain
اطلاعات بیشترPoisoned drinking water Communities near mountaintop removal sites frequently experience contaminated drinking water suppli The US Environmental Protection Agency notes that iron and manganese concentrations surpass drinking water guidelines in at least 40 of wells on the Appalachian Plateau and in about 70 of the wells near reclaimed surface coal mines of the regionFeb 26 32 VICE News travels across the US to meet the people and visit the areas most affected by this toxic waste stream Since coal production is predicted to remain steady for the next few decades coal
اطلاعات بیشترCoal Waste in America and from gradual yet equally dangerous contamination as coal ash toxins seep into drinking water sources or are blown into nearby communiti weak or nonexistent The result Millions of tons of coal ash are being stored in ponds landfills and abandoned min Many of these sites lack adequate safeguards Feb 16 32 Why Trump just killed a rule restricting coal companies from dumping waste in streams evidence that when mining debris and waste gets into water natural gas has displaced US
اطلاعات بیشترApr 28 32 Coal Company Unlawfully Polluted West ia Water Federal Judge Rules Fork coal impoundment — one of the biggest coal waste ponds in the country — to top removal coal mining Feb 03 32 Thanks to the vote coal mining companies can now dump waste in places where drinking water can be contaminated Here is a synopsis This will most certainly affect lower income communities that live in proximity to coal mining operations
اطلاعات بیشترJan 13 32 She referred to a long legal battle in Mingo County over coal waste disposal when West ians won a settlement against coal company Massey Energy over health problems and drinking water contamination after the company pumped coal waste into abandoned minA scary thing happened on Halloween near Hinton Alberta Canada had what may be the largest coal slurry spill in its history when a dam failed at the Obed Mountain coal mine and 264 million gallons 1 billion litres of waste water contaminated at least 25 kilometers of the Athabasca river Ten mun
اطلاعات بیشترMar 02 32 BILLINGS Mont Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal burning power plants across the US where landfills and Mar 21 32 Coal is one of the most water intensive methods of generating electricity A typical coal plant withdraws enough water to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every three and a half minut The International Energy Agency says that global water consumption for power generation and fuel production is expected to more than double from 66 billion cubic meters bcm in to 135 bcm by
اطلاعات بیشترApr 23 32 Locals are also worried that slurry is poisoning underground water reserves but as with many coal industry controversies empirical evidence is lacking on both sides of the debate Locals lobby for more information Walk isn’t the only one worried about potential impacts of coal slurry on the people and environments surrounding waste sitOct 11 32 These are based on visits to both underground and surface coal mining facilities to survey the coal waste management practices as well as based on a review of their mine permits These visits were made to observe mining processing and coarse/fine coal processing coal waste disposal operations and water management at the sit
اطلاعات بیشترApr 28 32 Coal Company Unlawfully Polluted West ia Water Federal Judge Rules Fork coal impoundment — one of the biggest coal waste ponds in the country — to top removal coal mining US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency we have reduced the risk of mining waste contamination of drinking water rivers and streams and work to cleanup mining sites across the nation CMOP has worked cooperatively with the coal mining industry in the United States and other major coal producing countries to
اطلاعات بیشترThe coal slurry disaster of The story behind the water crisis in Martin County Kentucky By Carlos Delgado 19 February The residents of Martin County Kentucky like those in so many The Martin County coal slurry spill was a mining accident that occurred after midnight on October 11 when the bottom of a coal slurry impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Martin County Kentucky broke into an abandoned underground mine below The slurry came out of the mine openings sending an estimated 306 million US gallons 116 million cubic metres 116 billion litres of slurry
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