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Rolling coal is a form of conspicuous air pollution, used for entertainment or as protest. [4] Some drivers intentionally trigger coal rolling in the presence of hybrid vehicles (a practice nicknamed "Prius repellent") to cause their drivers to lose sight of the road and inhale harmful air pollution. Coal rolling may also be directed at foreign ...
It took three days to plug the hole, which was done by dumping large railroad cars, smaller mine cars, coal waste, and other debris into the whirlpool formed by the water draining into the mine. [5] Eventually, an estimated 10 billion US gallons (38,000,000 m 3 ; 8.3 × 10 9 imp gal) of water filled the mines.
Surface railroad cars dumped coal into bins under the track, from which chutes led down to the tunnel. A tunnel car could be loaded with a full load of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 short tons (3.18 t; 3.13 long tons) of coal in two seconds. [17] [79] [80] Coal was carried in side-dump cars, from which it was dumped into a hopper below each customer's boiler room.
A plant entrance sign stands near a road leading to the area where a rescue operation is underway for two workers trapped inside a collapsed coal preparation plant in Martin County, Ky., on ...
The San Jacinto River Authority announced the lake will reopen "normal lake traffic and activities" Monday. Residents in the area should still proceed with caution, however. Lake Conroe closes due ...
Lake Conroe is a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) lake in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. Even though it is named Lake Conroe, only the southern third of the lake is in Conroe, Texas . Most of the lake is in unincorporated Montgomery County, while a small northern sliver juts into neighboring Walker County where the Baker Bridge is located.
The images also show a pileup of train cars, train wheels scattered across the scene and loads of coal covering a portion of the highway. It was unclear when the bridge collapsed, Cutler said.
Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...