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Coal and the Environment References
The following references and websites were used for data and information during compilation of Coal and the Environment (2006), by S. Greb, C. Eble, D. Peters, and A. Papp, published by the American Geological Institute. In order to make the references more useful to a broader audience they are included here alphabetically and by subject matter for easy reference. Some material is duplicated among multiple subject listings. Some references are available online, others can be found at a university or large public library.
Complete listing alphabetically
- Abandoned Mine Lands (General)
- Acidic Drainage (Acid-mine Drainage)
- Acid Rain
- Carbon Cycle
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions and Sequestration
- Coal Combustion (Electricity from Coal, Types of Boilers)
- Coal Combustion Byproducts/Wastes
- Coal Origins and General Composition
- Coal for Electricity Data (U.S. and International)
- Coal Production Data (U.S. and International)
- Coal Mining (Methods, Types of Mines)
- Coal Quality
- Coal Resources and Reserves (U.S.)
- Emissions from Coal Combustion
- Fires
- Fluidized Bed Combustion (FBC) Combustion
- FutureGen
- Gasification (See IGCC)
- General Overview of Coal Mining, Processing, and Use
- Gob and Spoil Reclamation
- Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change (Global Warming)
- Groundwater Issues
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS)
- In Situ Gasification (Gasifying Coal in the Ground)
- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Combustion
- Land Stability (Landslides, Slumps)
- Laws, Regulations, Rules, and Standards
- Liquid Fuels from Coal (Fischer-Tropsch)
- Low-NOx Burners
- Mercury Emissions
- Methane Emissions (Fugitive Methane)
- Miners Health and Safety
- Mountaintop Mining
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Emissions (Acid Rain and Ozone)
- Particulate Emissions and Haze
- Physical Disturbances
- Post-mine Land Uses
- Processing, Preparation, Beneficiation
- Public Safety
- Reclamation
- Revegetation
- Sedimentation, Erosion, and Runoff
- Selective Catalytic Reactors (SCRs also called Scrubbers)
- Slurry from Processing and Impoundments
- SMCRA
- Solid Wastes (See Coal Combustion Byproducts)
- Subsidence and Settlement
- Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Acid rain
- Surface Water Issues
- Transportation of Coal