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Tag Archives: coking coal
What price the Solway’s undersea coal?
The last coalmine under the Solway Firth, Haig Pit at Whitehaven, was closed in 1986. A note in the Haig Mining Museum states that hundreds of millions of tons of coal remain, up to 10 miles offshore and for two … Continue reading
Posted in coal
Tagged Carbon Capture & Storage, climate change, Cluff Natural Resources, coal, coking coal, Kincardine, steel-making, Underground Coal Gasification, West Cumbria Mining
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Coal reserves: the ‘profound contradiction’
Today in the Guardian, editor Alan Rusbridger explains why his paper will concentrate on climate change for the next few weeks: he regrets “that we had not done justice to this huge, overshadowing, overwhelming issue of how climate change will … Continue reading
Posted in coal, sea-bed & undersea, The 'Energy Coast'
Tagged 'keep it in the ground', Alan Rusbridger, climate change, coal, coking coal, undersea, West Cumbria
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