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Chile glacier bill pits mines against water supply
2013-10-08 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Just how to define a glacier is at the heart of a Chilean congressional battle that could determine the future of mining in the world's largest copper-producing country. The revival of legislation to ban mining in glacial areas is spawning debate among miners, farmers and environmentalists about how to protect both vital water supplies and Chile's mining industry. If the bill passes, mining experts fear it could shutter multibillion-dollar mining projects and slow investment. The key will be...
India's coal cycle wallahs: 'People have no alternative but to steal from mines'
2013-09-06 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Between the rolling fields of Kathara, on a road about 25 miles from Bokaro Steel City in India's eastern state of Jharkhand, coal trucks rattle towards a power station. On a lane running parallel, jute bags containing 250kg of coal are tied to the frame of Mahesh Munda's bicycle. He is a part-time farmer and peddler of coal. "Paddy, wheat and vegetables only give me money half the year. But I can make about 100 rupees each coal journey, all year round," he says, flanked by fellow coal cyclists...
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TransCanada pipeline project, safety top priorities for Canada's energy and mines ministers
2013-08-24 19:21:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Two emergency crew workers speak as they stand in front of a pile of train wheel-set axels inside the red-zone at the site of the explosion in Lac-Megantic, 370 kilometres southeast of Montreal on Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
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TransCanada pipeline project, safety top priorities for Canada's energy and mines ministers
2013-08-24 16:44:22| Energy - Topix.net
Two emergency crew workers speak as they stand in front of a pile of train wheel-set axels inside the red-zone at the site of the explosion in Lac-Megantic, 370 kilometres southeast of Montreal on Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
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A New Target For Fracking Opponents - Sand Mines
2013-08-22 13:03:43| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The anti-fracking crowd hasn't been successful enough manufacturing unfounded fears about groundwater pollution to cause any meaningful slowdown in shale drilling and fracking.
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