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Scorched freight, coal railroad bridge closed
2013-09-04 15:10:38| Railroads - Topix.net
Union Pacific trains carrying freight and coal to and from Denver and Kansas City are going to have to find an alternate route this morning.
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NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s
2013-09-04 13:30:27| Green Car Congress
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Layers of soot from coal burning melted Alpine glaciers even in cooler climate
2013-09-02 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Sooty air from coal burning triggered the initial melting of the mountain glaciers in the European Alps in the second half of the 19th Century when it caused the snow to turn grey and so reflect less sunlight back into space, scientists said. The soot, known as black carbon, caused the glaciers to absorb more heat than usual, causing the ice to recede year by year even though the regional temperatures were colder than today, the researchers found. Alpine glaciers have receded significantly over...
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Descendants of slaves hold out against coal mining in Texas town
2013-09-02 14:36:37| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community - nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would grab cornbread, greens and cookies from her kitchen while their parents grew vegetables in a tiny creekside village hidden among pine forests. "It's been so long," she muses, gazing at old photos that dot the walls of her nursing home room some 30 miles from Dirgin. Now, just weeks from her 102nd birthday, Finley faces the prospect of losing the...
The elephant in the room on the Longview coal port
2013-08-30 20:06:13| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
With an undereducated population and a struggling economy, Longview would seem an easy sell on a new coal port.
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