coal mining pollution 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 Coal Mining Pollution Neglected by The Environmental Protection Agency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-mining-pollution-epa-20130503/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-mining-pollution-epa-20130503/#respond Fri, 03 May 2013 18:31:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36887 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced earlier this week, that they will not take any action against coal mining pollution. The reasoning for EPA’s  inactions is that the agency has “other priorities”. It is somehow difficult to comprehend how such agency, which is responsible for protecting the environment from deadly pollutants, harmful to human health, […]

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