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Between 2007 and 2010 the Sierra Club accepted over $25 million in donations from the gas industry but declined recent offers of $30 million.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, coal, current-events, earth sciences, environment, Jobs, mexico, shaleAustralia is the world’s leading exporter of coal but exports from Indonesia are growing rapidly.
In 2010, China was responsible for nearly 1/2 of the world’s coal production and the amount that they have been producing is growing rapidly. It has nearly tripled since 2000.
Immediately after Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake and tsunami plans were underway to replace much of the country’s nuclear power generating capacity with fossil fuels. This New York Times article explores how this is being done and at what cost.
Tags: california, coal, earth sciences, energy-information, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, waterExperiments in Ohio are determining the potential of carbon dioxide injection to enhance production from low-yield oil wells. The state’s coal -fired power plants produce enormous amounts of carbon dioxide that is currently released into the atmosphere because it can not be transported economically to oil production sites.
Tags: california, carbon, climate, climate-change, coal, earth, Geology.com, geophysics, marcellus-shale, middle-east, pennsylvania, universityWyoming produces more coal than any other state and the federal government plans to make tracts in the Powder River Basin containing about 750 million tons of coal available for leasing.
Tags: ads-by-google, climate-change, coal, energy, federal, Geology.com, middle-east, united-states, virginia, wyomingThe Tennessee Valley Authority plans to increase their use of nuclear power , natural gas and renewable resources and reduce their use of coal over the next two decades.
Tags: astronomy, coal, earthquakes, geology, Jobs, middle-east, natural gas, nuclear power, pennsylvania, virginiaAustralia is the world’s leading exporter of coal . However, flooding in Australia has shut down a number of mines and the ships that normally haul their coal have left for the Atlantic where rates are higher.
Tags: afghanistan, australia, coal, earthquakes, energy, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, massachusettsRescue workers in New Zealand are preparing to send a robot into the coal mine where a methane explosion trapped 29 miners on Friday. The mine is too dangerous for humans to enter. A bore hole is also being drilled down to the mine.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, california, climate-change, coal, earth sciences, europe, geology, geology-news, Jobs, mexico, minerals, satellite images, united-statesIf you think that coal is a boring black rock then you have never seen it through a transmitted light microscope. The microscope reveals coal’s hidden beauty as well as its composition.
Tags: australia, coal, earth sciences, energy, europe, geology, geology-news, massachusetts, michigan, philippines, united-states, virginia