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    Zaozhuang coal mine development has a long history, created in 1880 ZhongXing is the beginning of Zaozhuang Coal Mining Bureau. ZhongXing departmental operations for 16 years, a slim 12, out of about 2 million tons of coal. In 1895, the ban was closed. The spring of 1899, Yan Yi Cao Jibing taotai Zhang Lianfen and Zhang Shi read Bachelor Yiding cabinet meeting, ZhongXing joint rectification Bureau, Guan Yi County Bureau of commercial office complex, named Shandong Huade Yi County Zhongxing…

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    wasteland suffering from a devastating method of coal collection called strip mining. Humans leave numerous amounts of destruction in their wake, whether it be on a small or large scale. This amount of coal excavation is an immense detriment to Appalachia, and is a horrid evil which needs to be addressed right now. While some say strip mining in the Appalachian mountains is a profitable and safe way to fuel America, the long term negative effects of strip mining far outweigh any perceived…

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    Media article 1 (Coal seam gas exploration and extraction): Explain history of your topic – Coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and extraction is an aggressive form of mining. The coal seam gas mining industry began in 1976 in the Bowen Basin, Queensland. Commercial production began in Queensland in 1996. The first standalone commercial production of CSG in Australia commenced in December 1996 at the Dawson Valley project. Coal seam gas is used in the same way as any other form of gas for cooking…

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    History Speech – Coal Seam Gas Introduction: (Intro to CSG/What are the two sides?) Good morning, I am here to advise you on the coal seam gas development and the issues surrounding it. Now what, what is Coal seam gas. Well coal seam gas also commonly known as CSG is a natural gas that is produced and trapped underground by water and ground pressure. The gas is harvested and extracted by drilling vertically into the ground, until a gas deposit is reached. The suppliers of CSG earns millions…

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    representations can specifically be see within the Appalachian region in the early 20th century. With coal companies buying up all the land that they could due to the development of railroads; lots of famers were tricked into selling their lands and had to become miners to support their families. Coal Companies were quick to gain power over property as residents to the…

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    The Battle of Blair Mountain is one of the most crucial episodes in the American history that highlights the doctrines of the socioeconomic systems. The events of the civil violence and disobedience depict the exploitation and capitalism manifested in the contemporary society. Battle of the Blair Mountain in 1921 is one of the gruesome mining wars in the history. The government deployed military forces to calm the uprisings. The Kantian tenet on civil disobedience links the moral authority,…

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    Ever since the industrial revolution in the late 18 hundreds, Humans have valued coal and other fossil fuels above any other mined good. Mined fuels help to produce the power that runs all our lives. Electricity for cooling, lighting, heating and entertainment, as well as the fuel that powers cars, trucks and aeroplanes all originate from rich seams in the earth. Fossil fuels consist of the remains of flora and fauna that, millions of years ago, were subjected to immense heat and pressure.…

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    Thomas G. Andrews book, Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War, merges labor and environmental history in an breakdown of the half century leading up to the most fierce and violent labor unrest of the post civil war era, which is the Colorado coal-miner strike of 1913-1914, the Ludlow battle/massacre and Ten Day Coalfield War. Thomas Andrews argues in his book that these incidents cannot be seen in isolation or as separate events, but as the climax of half a century of struggle within…

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    The Buffalo Creek Disaster is a book by Gerald M Stern, about how the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal-mining company. The book … by Gerald M. Stern is about a disaster that happened in 1976 …The book was review by prominent persons search as the former President of the United States who termed it as “A shocking, timely book”. Also, The New York Times Book Review talked of the book as “a fascinating tale of how investigative lawyers…

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    a peddle to coal mining towns, as Martin always said, for miners by miners.” (Magyar Banyaszlap, Hungarian Miners Journal)…

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