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The Prime Minister says a massive takeover deal for a Queensland coal company is proof the carbon tax will not cripple the coal industry. The US company, Peabody Energy, has tabled an offer for Macarthur Coal, valuing it at just under $5 billion. The
KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: We've been covering a surge in black lung cases across Appalachia. That's the disease that destroys the lungs of coal miners like Mackie Branham. MACKIE BRANHAM: I'm in bad shape, man. I mean, I can no longer provide for my famil
今天我们要学的词是reliance. Reliance作为名词,是依靠,依赖的意思。European Union leaders agreed to strengthen the blocs military cooperation and reduce its reliance on the United States. 欧洲联盟领导人一致同意要加强
Section 28 Acid Rain 50 years ago, no one talked about acid rain. Then we didn't really know the harm it was causing to the world. Today almost every adult and school child is aware of acid rain and i
Mercury tends to show up in strange places, like swordfish and sharks. Now researchers have detected small amounts of mercury in the fog that bathes the California redwoods, near Santa Cruz. The mercury levels they've measured are in parts per trilli
By Jeff Swicord Washington 18 May 2007 Entrance to mine rescue chamber It is being called revolutionary in the field of mine safety. A West Virginia company has unveiled a new piece of technology that the company says could prevent most deaths from m
1. Anger and grief have boiled over into a violent protest in the western Turkish town of Soma, where officials said at least 245 miners died in a coal mine explosion and fire. 2. The Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 March 2007 watch Mining Disaster report Many people in the Russian region of Kemerovo are in mourning. On Monday (March 19th), a massive methane explosion tore apart the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia, killing at least 108 pe
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump is spending his first week in office reversing Obama administration policies. He's already signed executive actions on health care, two controversial oil pipelines, and he is promising to undo President Obama's plan
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The practice of blackface is as old as entertainment itself white - actors putting black makeup on their faces and acting like buffoons. British broadcaster Sky TV has been accused of a kind of blackface by hiring a white actor t
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The story of the Titanic that most people know is pretty straightforward - unsinkable ship sets sail. Ship hits iceberg. Ship sinks. A new documentary suggests an extra wrinkle in that 104-year-old story. The claim is that a coal
Chen Guoqi at the Ministry of Environmental Protection is in charge of air quality monitoring in north China. He said the industrial layout of the region is problematic and the adjustment process is slow. So severe problems have emerged in north Chin
China's energy production relies heavily on coal-fired power stations. As the world's highest emitter of greenhouse gasses, China consumed more than 400 million tones of coal last year. As many parts of China have been shrouded in a gray haze over th
China has long depended on coal-burning power plants to fuel its explosive growth over the past three decades. As a result, air pollution has risen to alarming levels in central and eastern regions. Policymakers have been working hard to shift the co
By Steve Herman New Delhi 26 November 2007 The United Nations wants its upcoming conference on climate change in Bali to devise a uniform strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. India, with a booming economy and a billion-plus population, is
China and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation on energy and between small- and medium-sized enterprises. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and his Russian counterpart Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired a meeting of the China-Russia Energy Cooperation
Patrick Mdluli developed lung problems shortly after he moved to South Africas coal mining heartland. 帕特里克有了肺病,但他还没搬到南非的采煤中心多久。 The mines, the dust, pollution. You go to the doctors. They ask you. The
Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition The Japan-South Korea island disputes rage on with Japan's parliament adopting a resolution in protest against South Korea's latest moves. Russia says Moscow has had
As we recorded this podcast, President Obama and the environmental protection agency in the US were due to announce fresh targets to cut pollution from power plants by 30% by 2020. Environmentalists claim it as a victory. But opponents say it could h