1.Lee, Sung-Hee 2.Time-Lapse: Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest 3. "Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development": It is possible or impassible? Most people agree to "Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development" and believe that it is possible. This news shows a contrasting relationship between development of natural resource and environmental conservation. Even if coal companies restore mountaintop mining, there is a problem that doesn't return to ecosystem's former state. If it's true, "Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development" is possible? ------------------------ Surface mining may not move mountains. But a series of satellite views of a Boone County, West Virginia coal mine shows that the practice—also called mountaintop mining—can wipe out whole swaths of forests.
Taken between 1984 and 2009 by NASA's Landsat 5 satellite, the true-color pictures document the evolution of the Hobet mine in the Appalachian Mountains.
Mountaintop miners use heavy construction equipment—up to 40 stories tall—to get at the "layer cake" of coal seams underneath the surface, according to NASA. The resulting coal pits, which can be up to 800 feet (244 meters) deep, are seen in off-white against the dark green forests in the pictures above. ------- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100311-mountaintop-mining-west-virginia/?source=foenvsc1
1.Hong Eun Sook 2.LS-Nikko Copper to Build Eco-Friendly Resource Recycling Plant 3.Recycl of resources seems to solve resorce scarcity problem, and looks eco-friendly. But residents in Danyang oppose this plans building recycling plants. It looks eco-friendly but it will make more pollution. Bunning industrial waste for extracting resorce causes air and water pollution. Danyang is very famous for their stunning environments and it is located near my hometown, so I felt sad when I read this news. Even if the company assert their management as a eco-fiendly, it would be for only their profits in many cases. ------------------- South Korea’s LS-Nikko Copper Inc., one of the world’s largest non-ferrous metal smelters, will embark on constructing an environmentally friendly recycling production facility for precious metals. LS-Nikko Copper on Monday broke ground on a plant of its 100% invested subsidiary GRM (Global Resources & Material) at the Maepo Resource Circulation Agricultural Industrial Complex in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province.
GRM, established by LS-Nikko Copper in 2008 to promote the resource circulation business, is specialized in recycling precious metals. It puts circulating resources obtained from electricity, electronics, semiconductors and vehicles into smelting facilities to collect copper, gold and silver. The resource circulation business, also called as the urban mining project, pursues to recycle waste resources so that valuable resources can be reused without disposal, thereby fulfilling environmental protection at the same time. --------- http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year=2010&no=172632
A very down to earth* kind of guy. I'm an environmental sociologist interested in establishing material and organizational sustainability worldwide. I'm always looking for interesting materials/technologies, inspiring ideas, or institutional examples of sustainability to inspire others to recognize their choices now. To be fatalistic about an unsustainable world is a sign of a captive mind, given all our options.
*(If "earth" is defined in a planetary sense, concerning comparative historical knowledge and interest in the past 10,000 years or so anywhere...) See both blogs.
1.Lee, Sung-Hee
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"Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development": It is possible or impassible?
Most people agree to "Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development" and believe that it is possible. This news shows a contrasting relationship between development of natural resource and environmental conservation. Even if coal companies restore mountaintop mining, there is a problem that doesn't return to ecosystem's former state. If it's true, "Environmental Sound and Sustainable Development" is possible?
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Surface mining may not move mountains. But a series of satellite views of a Boone County, West Virginia coal mine shows that the practice—also called mountaintop mining—can wipe out whole swaths of forests.
Taken between 1984 and 2009 by NASA's Landsat 5 satellite, the true-color pictures document the evolution of the Hobet mine in the Appalachian Mountains.
Mountaintop miners use heavy construction equipment—up to 40 stories tall—to get at the "layer cake" of coal seams underneath the surface, according to NASA. The resulting coal pits, which can be up to 800 feet (244 meters) deep, are seen in off-white against the dark green forests in the pictures above.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100311-mountaintop-mining-west-virginia/?source=foenvsc1
1.Hong Eun Sook
ReplyDelete2.LS-Nikko Copper to Build Eco-Friendly Resource Recycling Plant
3.Recycl of resources seems to solve resorce scarcity problem, and looks eco-friendly. But residents in Danyang oppose this plans building recycling plants. It looks eco-friendly but it will make more pollution. Bunning industrial waste for extracting resorce causes air and water pollution. Danyang is very famous for their stunning environments and it is located near my hometown, so I felt sad when I read this news. Even if the company assert their management as a eco-fiendly, it would be for only their profits in many cases.
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South Korea’s LS-Nikko Copper Inc., one of the world’s largest non-ferrous metal smelters, will embark on constructing an environmentally friendly recycling production facility for precious metals. LS-Nikko Copper on Monday broke ground on a plant of its 100% invested subsidiary GRM (Global Resources & Material) at the Maepo Resource Circulation Agricultural Industrial Complex in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province.
GRM, established by LS-Nikko Copper in 2008 to promote the resource circulation business, is specialized in recycling precious metals. It puts circulating resources obtained from electricity, electronics, semiconductors and vehicles into smelting facilities to collect copper, gold and silver. The resource circulation business, also called as the urban mining project, pursues to recycle waste resources so that valuable resources can be reused without disposal, thereby fulfilling environmental protection at the same time.
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http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year=2010&no=172632