coal beds Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:39:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Mountaintop Removal Mining Down 62% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mountaintop-removal-mining/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mountaintop-removal-mining/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:39:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55845 A report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration reveals that the United States’ coal production is slowing down. One of the most environmentally devastating types of mining, mountaintop removal, has declined by an amazing 62%. The report suggests that a lower demand for coal as a reason, citing cheap natural gas and renewables as […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mountaintop-removal-mining/feed/ 0 55845 Natural Gas To Be Produced by Coal Eating Microorganisms https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-gas-to-be-produced-by-coal-eating-microorganisms-20090112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-gas-to-be-produced-by-coal-eating-microorganisms-20090112/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:13:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1541 Luca Technologies started up a project to produce natural gas from coal. The idea is to use microorganisms inside the coal layers of earth to change coal into methane.

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