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Chapters: Environmental Issues With Mining, Mine Reclamation, Environmental Effects of Coal, Acidophiles in Acid Mine Drainage, Tailings, Environmental Impact of the Oil Shale Industry, Surface Mining, North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, Coeur Alaska, Inc. V. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Spoil Tip, International Mine Water Association, Sand Mining, Mine Closure Planning, Mountain Top Removal, Responsible Mining, Burning the Future: Coal in America, Moving Mountains: How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice From Big Coal, Coal River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 109. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: There are a number of adverse environmental effects of coal mining and burning. Coal mining causes a number of harmful effects. When coal surfaces are exposed, pyrite (iron sulfide), also known as "fool's gold," comes in contact with water and air and forms sulfuric acid. As water drains from the mine, the acid moves into the waterways, and as long as rain falls on the mine tailings the sulfuric acid production continues, whether the mine is still operating or not. This process is known as acid rock drainage (ARD) or acid mine drainage (AMD). If the coal is strip mined, the entire exposed seam leaches sulfuric acid, leaving the subsoil infertile on the surface and begins to pollute streams by acidifying and killing fish, plants, and aquatic animals which are sensitive to drastic pH shifts. Coal mining produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane is the naturally occurring product of the decay of organic matter as coal deposits are formed with increasing depths of burial, rising temperatures, and rising pressures over geological time. A portion of the methane produced is absorbed by the coal and later released from the coal seam and surrounding disturbed s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1598077Features
- : Mining and the Environment: Environmental Issues with Mining, Mine Reclamation, Environmental Effects of Coal
- : Books LLC
- : 115819997X
- : 9781158199976
- : Paperback
- : 110
- : English
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