Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
Formation (1/6)
A group of fossilized cypress trees preserved in an open-cast lignite mine in northeastern Hungary. Coal is typically formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants that lived millions of years ago.
First, the plant debris, buried and compacted beneath sediments, forms a material known as peat. Through geological processes of burial and alteration by heat and pressure, peat is converted into coal. (Photo: Reuters)
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Formation (1/6)
A group of fossilized cypress trees preserved in an open-cast lignite mine in northeastern Hungary. Coal is typically formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants that lived millions of years ago.
First, the plant debris, buried and compacted beneath sediments, forms a material known as peat. Through geological processes of burial and alteration by heat and pressure, peat is converted into coal. (Photo: Reuters)
Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
Coal Transportation (2/6)
Greenpeace projects a slogan onto the 40,000-ton coal ship, Pasha Bulker. The ship ran aground after near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia’s east coast.
Around 815 million tons of hard coal was traded internationally in 2006, around 90 percent of this was seaborne trade. Transportation accounts for up to 70 percent of the delivered cost of coal. (Photo: Reuters)
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Coal Transportation (2/6)
Greenpeace projects a slogan onto the 40,000-ton coal ship, Pasha Bulker. The ship ran aground after near the coal port of Newcastle on Australia’s east coast.
Around 815 million tons of hard coal was traded internationally in 2006, around 90 percent of this was seaborne trade. Transportation accounts for up to 70 percent of the delivered cost of coal. (Photo: Reuters)
Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
Coal Mining (3/6)
A huge excavator stands in an open-cast lignite mine in front of the Emmaus church in the eastern German village of Heuersdorf. The church, built in 1297, had to be carried on an special trailer to a neighboring town to make way for the extension of the mine.
Strip mining has severe environmental impacts, but lignite remains Germany’s most important domestic electricity source. (Photo: Reuters)
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Coal Mining (3/6)
A huge excavator stands in an open-cast lignite mine in front of the Emmaus church in the eastern German village of Heuersdorf. The church, built in 1297, had to be carried on an special trailer to a neighboring town to make way for the extension of the mine.
Strip mining has severe environmental impacts, but lignite remains Germany’s most important domestic electricity source. (Photo: Reuters)
Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
Coal Mining in China (4/6)
A coal miner takes a bath after finishing his shift at a coal mine on the outskirts of Changzhi in northern China.
China is by far the world's top producer of coal, followed by the U.S. and India. This year, China’s coal output is expected to exceed 2.5 billion tons in 2007, about half of the world’s coal consumption and twice China's production rate in 2000.(Photo: Reuters)
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Coal Mining in China (4/6)
A coal miner takes a bath after finishing his shift at a coal mine on the outskirts of Changzhi in northern China.
China is by far the world's top producer of coal, followed by the U.S. and India. This year, China’s coal output is expected to exceed 2.5 billion tons in 2007, about half of the world’s coal consumption and twice China's production rate in 2000.(Photo: Reuters)
Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
Mining Accidents (5/6)
Rescuers place sandbags outside a flooded coal mine in China's eastern Shandong province to help free 180 trapped miners.
China has the highest number of coal mining related deaths in the world, with over 4,000 in 2006 alone. The majority of accidents happen due to mining roof collapses or gas explosions. Many coal miners also suffer from lung diseases. (Photo: Reuters)
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Mining Accidents (5/6)
Rescuers place sandbags outside a flooded coal mine in China's eastern Shandong province to help free 180 trapped miners.
China has the highest number of coal mining related deaths in the world, with over 4,000 in 2006 alone. The majority of accidents happen due to mining roof collapses or gas explosions. Many coal miners also suffer from lung diseases. (Photo: Reuters)
Why the World Is Addicted to Dirty Coal
The Decline of Coal? (6/6)
Four cooling towers of a lignite-fired power plant in the eastern German town of Boxberg are demolished.
While coal production was declining in Western Europe in recent decades, reliance on coal remains high. Despite progress made in renewable energy forms, fossil-fired power plants will continue to form the backbone of the power supply worldwide in the foreseeable future. (Photo: Reuters)
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The Decline of Coal? (6/6)
Four cooling towers of a lignite-fired power plant in the eastern German town of Boxberg are demolished.
While coal production was declining in Western Europe in recent decades, reliance on coal remains high. Despite progress made in renewable energy forms, fossil-fired power plants will continue to form the backbone of the power supply worldwide in the foreseeable future. (Photo: Reuters)
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