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In response to negative land effects of coal mining and the abundance of abandoned mines in the US the federal government enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, which requires reclamation plans for future coal mining sites. These plans must be approved by federal or state authorities before mining begins.
Although the effects of coal mining take a long time to impact the environment the burning of coals and fires which can burn up to decades can release flying ash and increase the greenhouse gasses. Specifically strip mining that can destroy landscapes, forests, and wildlife habitats that are near the sites. [85]
Mountaintop removal coal mining in Martin County, Kentucky Strip mining in Barnesville, Ohio. Environmental justice and coal mining in Appalachia is the study of environmental justice – the interdisciplinary body of social science literature studying theories of the environment and justice; environmental laws, policies, and their implementations and enforcement; development and ...
A\J: Alternatives Journal—published by the Environmental Studies Association of Canada; Annual Review of Environment and Resources—published by Annual Reviews, Inc.; eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management)—established by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Innsbruck, and other organizations—covering mountain research in protected area
Environmental Research is a peer-reviewed environmental science and environmental health journal published by Elsevier. [1] The editor in chief is Jose L. Domingo. [2] The journal's 2020 impact factor of 6.498 placed it 16th out of 203 journals in the category Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health; [3] the 2021 impact factor increased to 8.431.
Established in 2007, the International Journal of Environmental Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of scholarly research pertaining to the environment. Since 2017, the journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media with its editorial team based at the Graduate Faculty of Environment ...
The Journal of Mining Science is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media that covers all aspects of mining engineering. Topics include geomechanics , information geoscience , the properties and behaviors of rock in various environments and conditions, and various technologies applied to mining.
Species that are or were threatened by mining (3 P) Pages in category "Environmental impact of mining" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.