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Green living, Nature, Pollution, Science & Technology, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Oct 22nd, 2011,
Abraham Ramonwana, head guide at Tuli Safari Lodge says: “if a mine develops in South Africa, it’s also going to affect Botswana and Zimbabwe”. The authorisation given to an Australian company called Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to construct an open-cast coal mine, called the Vele Colliery, just outside of the boundaries of the Mapungubwe National Park will affect this fragile natural harmony. To Abraham, “mining and industry is a short term plan, tourism is a long-term plan.” Abraham, like many others, believes that the Mapungubwe region should be preserved and protected from the impacts of infrastructural development, and allowed…
Tags: Abraham Ramonwana, coal, coal mining, Coal of Africa Limited, manungubwe, Pollution, South Africa
Conservation, Green living, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Oct 3rd, 2011,
Vanessa Bristow is well acquainted with the traces that ancient life has left behind, and feels that at Mapungubwe there is a sense of “enormous history”, and evidence of how time has “carved its way” through the landscape. However, the recent announcement that authorisation has been given to an Australian company called Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to construct an open-cast mine just outside of the boundaries of this conservation area will affect this fragile natural harmony. To Bristow, without these pristine wilderness areas, “the world would be a much sadder place.” Mining will Destroy Life’s Balance from Green Renaissance…
Tags: coal mining, Coal of Africa Limited, Mapungubwe, mining, Vanessa Bristow
Conservation, Green living, Nature, Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 22nd, 2011,
Vele “Christopher” Neluvhalani is a retired public servant and writer, who believes that people have always been connected to the earth, visible by the traces they leave behind, like the ancient rock art on the sandstone outcrops in the Mapungubwe National Park. However, the recent announcement that authorisation has been given to an Australian mining company called Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to construct an open-cast mine just outside of the boundaries of the park will compromise the environmental integrity of the area, something that Neluvhalani believes “would be an offence to our ancestors.” Mining will Offend our Ancestors from…
Tags: coal mining, Coal of Africa Limited, dirty coal, Green Renaissance, Mapungubwe National Park, Mining will offend our Ancestors, nature preservation, Neluvhalani, south africa natural park
Climate Change, Nature, Politics, Jan 9th, 2010,
‘In a paper published today in the journal Science, the researchers say mountaintop removal, widespread in West Virginia, southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky, is destroying extensive tracts of biologically rich forest and degrading hundreds of streams. Fish and drinking-water wells are being contaminated, while the air downwind is fouled with high levels of hazardous dust.’ –The Baltimore Sun Contributing factors such as environmental degradation, human and ecological health, conservation, water quality and deforestation have spurred scientists in the United States to come together and demand a halt to destructive mountaintop removal coal mining. The practice, which is common in the…
Tags: coal, coal mining, environment, Guardian, mining, mountaintop removal, Obama, scientists, Virginia, West Virginia
Climate Change, Politics, Nov 4th, 2009,
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington D.C. as well as its regional offices in other states are being targeted by coalfield activists and clean energy advocates protesting mountaintop removal and coal mining. JP Morgan Chase bank’s New York and Chicago branch were not spared by protesters as well because they helped fund the coal mining project conducted by Massey Energy in West Virginia. Blasting mountaintops to remove coal deposits underneath not only damages the environment, it also poses a grave threat to the safety of thousands of residents nearby. The protesters are calling on the US government to…
Tags: coal mining, Coal Mining protests, EPA, JP Morgan chase, Massey energy, West Virginia
Climate Change, Pollution, Oct 18th, 2009,
The days of being thrilled over steaming locomotives belching smoke like Cuban dictators are over. Now these behemoths are more of a relic and are run for wide-eyed tourists in most western countries. But this vanishing breed and other coal powered machinery have changed our world in incredible ways. However, not all of it was good. And at the end, after all the smoke cleared, it seems black was not all green! Coal is, or rather was, one of the most abundant, easily usable and combustible fossil fuel in the world. Interestingly enough, the first products made out of coal…
Tags: carbon emissions, coal, coal history, coal mining, effects of coal, global warming
