Word: coal
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...should accommodate only when his fate and that of nature are inextricably bound up.The most urgent accommodation must be made when the very integrity of man's habitat -- e.g., atmospheric ozone -- is threatened. When the threat to man is of a lesser order (say, the pollutants from coal- and oil-fired generators that cause death from disease but not fatal damage to the ecosystem), a more modulated accommodation that balances economic against health concerns is in order. But in either case the principle is the same: protect the environment -- because it is man's environment...
...When coal miners in Siberia's Kuzbass region walked off the job in early March, they vowed not to return until Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned. Last week, with Gorbachev still in office, the miners ended their strike, but only after he ceded Kremlin control of the coalpits to the Russian republic...
...Yeltsin's victory could backfire. By winning control over Russia's coal mines, Yeltsin inherits an industry steeped in debt and badly in need of modernization. And the miners voted to suspend their strike for only two months, lest Yeltsin prove no better than Gorbachev at settling grievances...
...Cities study showed that there were noticeable health effects, such as a substantial increase in respiratory illness in "dirty" cities, that resulted from the burning of coal and other fossil fuels. This process releases sulfur dioxide and other acidic chemicals into the air, said both professors...
...when it was felt that there would be a major change in the way electricity was generated," he said. This change was anticipated after OPEC launched an oil, embargo. The shortage of oil, many thought, would force U.S. power plants to switch to the use of coal for electricity generation...