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Coal struggle endures with West Virginia mine layoff plans
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: From Boone County banker Lee Milam's experience, each round of coal mine layoffs that hits southern West Virginia stifles his community's already-fragile economy. Thursday's news was especially bitter. Coal giant Alpha Natural Resources revealed plans to shed 1,100 workers at 11 West Virginia surface mines and related operations by mid-October. In Boone, where about 2,400 people work in coal mining, two mines employing 462 people could be shuttered. Potentially, that's 462 fewer folks, averaging...
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Australia: The Great Barrier Reef and coal mine that could kill it
2014-08-01 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: These are dark days for Australias Great Barrier Reef. On 29 July, the last major regulatory hurdle facing the development of Australias largest coal mine was removed by Greg Hunt, minister for the environment. The Carmichael coal mine, owned by Indias Adani Group, will cover 200 sq km and produce 60m tonnes of coal a year enough to supply electricity for 100 million people. Located in Queenslands Galilee Basin, 400km inland from the reef, it will require a major rail line, which is yet to...
The reindeer herders battling a mine
2014-07-30 01:08:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The reindeer herders fighting an iron ore mine
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Activists say arrests made in protest at Utah tar sands mine project
2014-07-22 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Sheriff's deputies in Utah arrested nearly two dozen environmental protesters who chained themselves to fences and construction equipment on Monday at a tar sands mining project in the remote Book Cliffs mountains, an activist group said. The Tar Sands Resistance group said about 80 activists set up a "blockade" at the PR Springs mine to highlight what it said would be huge environmental damage if it goes ahead. "These projects do nothing but devastate the land and pollute the water and air,"...
SNC-Lavalin awarded contract for Quebec diamond mine in James Bay region
2014-07-21 16:04:02| Grocery - Topix.net
Lavalin has signed a contract with Stornoway Diamonds Inc. estimated at more than $425 million to provide project, engineering and construction management services for a diamond mine located in Quebec's James Bay region.
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