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Gunkanjima Island | Architecture Lab
by karlcow
“Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called ‘Gunkanjima’ that is hardly known even to the Japanese. Long ago, the island was nothing more than a small reef. Then in 1810, [with] the chance discovery of coal … people came to live here, and through coal mining the reef started to expand continuously. Befor [sic] long, the reef had grown into an artificial island of one kilometer (three quarters of a mile) in perimeter, with a population of 5300. Looming above the ocean, it appeared a concrete labyrinth of many-storied apartment houses and mining structures built closely together.
Wasteland © 2009 - Produced by Bombay Flying Club - Poul Madsen - Brent Foster - Line Wolf Nielsen - Henrik Kastenskov
by gregg
For almost a century Jharia coal fields have been on fire in the Indian state of Jharkhand, due to poor mining techniques.
Many of the people who live on the burning fields survive by collecting coal illegally. The coal is burned and then transported to nearby markets for very little money.
A resettlement plan has been put in place, but the area's residents are reluctant to move to safer grounds because the coal earns them their livelihood...
This story has been shot entirely with the Canon 5D Mark II by Poul Madsen and Brent Foster from Bombay Flying Club - bombayfc.com.
Journalist on the story was Line Wolf Nielsen
Sous-titres sous http://vimeo.com/4542282
Technology Review: Fuel from Coal-Eating Microbes
by sylvainulg
an interesting approach to revive coal mines with less "emissions"
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2008
2007
James Finch - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
by dggit
James Finch, journalist specialist China Coal and methane industry
Hydraulic Tensioners
by ecwseos
Hydraulic Tensioner Applications
* Gas Turbines
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* Pressure & Reactor Vessels
* Diesel Engines
* Nuclear Steam Generators
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* Heat Exchangers
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* Valves & Pumps
* Cranes
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* Coal & Rock Grinder
2006
The White Birch
by dfracheb
The White Birch believes in music that is made like diamonds putting time and endurance into the pressing of mountains of coal into intensely focused drops of honest nature, and then polishing it with handicraft and love into a human expression of beauty to produce something that will last.
Slashdot | Tilting At Windmills
by multilinko
(via)
Anne Applebaum writes in the Washington Post about environmentalists who are opposing renewable energy sources." From the article: "Already, activists and real estate developers have stalled projects across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. In Western Maryland, a proposal to build wind turbines alongside a coal mine, on a heavily logged mountaintop next to a transmission line, has just been nixed by state officials who called it too environmentally damaging. Along the coast of Nantucket, Mass. -- the only sufficiently shallow spot on the New England coast -- a coalition of anti-wind groups and summer homeowners, among them the Kennedy family, also seems set to block Cape Wind, a planned offshore wind farm. Their well-funded lobbying last month won them the attentions of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who, though normally an advocate of a state's right to its own resources, has made an exception for Massachusetts and helped pass an amendment designed to kill the project altogether.
2005
And for the Dems… A Lump of Coal
by jasontromm
In addition to celebrating the birth of our Savior, Christmas is also a time when "nice" children eagerly await a gift in their stocking. On the other hand, those who are "naughty" are told that only a lump of coal awaits them. In politics, this practice would yield record profits for the coal industry as the Democrats have set new standards in obstruction, attacks, and rhetoric.
Alternative Energy Blog - Alternate-Energy.org
by sbrothier
& 4 others
alternative energy blog - news, views and strong opinions on alternate energy resources including wind power, solar power, wave power, geothermal & other renewable energy sources + news on other energy issues including peak oil, strong hybrid cars [PHEVs], hydrogen fuel cells, "clean" coal & nuclear power
The True Cost of Coal (in China)
by tsalon
For every dollar of profit made by CLP last year, it is estimated it cost communities across the region nearly $4 in health and environmental impacts.
2004
China to Control Coal-Fired Power Plant Investments
by tsalon
China will step up controls on investment in power plants, despite electricity shortages, to help ease pressure on coal supplies, state media reported Monday.
Forbes.com: China Warns of More Power, Oil Shortages
by tsalon
China will face growing demands for power, oil and coal in the next few months, said Ma Liqiang, director of the economic operation bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission.
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