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Strip mining causes more pollution than almost any other industry, especially historically. Problems with strip-mining include:
- changes to the face of the earth
- creation of unnatural erosion factors
- exposure of ores and coal to rain (which produces run off)
- facilitation of run-off into nearby streams, creeks, and into the ground water
- contamination of earth and water
Luckily, today, mining companies must pay a large fee and have a plan to restore the location BEFORE they begin any kind of mining. This fee goes toward Mine Reclamation-- meaning, the coal company must create a plan and pay for the land to be restored to a useful site.
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Which action would most likely reduce concerns about how strip mining can harm the environment?
Implementing strict regulations and monitoring of mining practices to minimize environmental damage, promoting reclamation efforts to restore the land post-mining, and investing in research for more sustainable mining techniques would help reduce concerns about how strip mining harms the environment.
What are ways to reduce the impact mining?
Ways to reduce the impact of mining include implementing sustainable mining practices, reclaiming mining sites for post-mining land use, minimizing water pollution and habitat destruction, and promoting the use of recycled materials to reduce the demand for new mining operations.
What are two ways to reduce the environmental effects of mining?
Implementing strict regulations and monitoring to mitigate pollution and habitat destruction during the mining process. Promoting recycling and reuse of materials to reduce the demand for new mining operations.
What are the disadvantages of strip mining?
Disadvantages of strip mining include habitat destruction, air and water pollution from mining operations, soil erosion, and disruption of local communities and ecosystems. It can also lead to long-term environmental impacts and the loss of biodiversity.
What is the effects of strip mining on the land?
Strip mining can have significant negative impacts on the land, including deforestation, habitat destruction, soil erosion, water pollution, and disruption of ecosystems. The removal of vegetation and topsoil can lead to long-term environmental damage and loss of biodiversity in the affected area. Rehabilitation efforts may be needed to restore the land after strip mining activities cease.
Which action would most likely reduce concerns about how strip mining can harm the environment?
Implementing strict regulations and monitoring of mining practices to minimize environmental damage, promoting reclamation efforts to restore the land post-mining, and investing in research for more sustainable mining techniques would help reduce concerns about how strip mining harms the environment.
What are ways to reduce the impact mining?
Ways to reduce the impact of mining include implementing sustainable mining practices, reclaiming mining sites for post-mining land use, minimizing water pollution and habitat destruction, and promoting the use of recycled materials to reduce the demand for new mining operations.
What are two ways to reduce the environmental effects of mining?
Implementing strict regulations and monitoring to mitigate pollution and habitat destruction during the mining process. Promoting recycling and reuse of materials to reduce the demand for new mining operations.
What are the disadvantages of strip mining?
Disadvantages of strip mining include habitat destruction, air and water pollution from mining operations, soil erosion, and disruption of local communities and ecosystems. It can also lead to long-term environmental impacts and the loss of biodiversity.
What has the author D J Dollhopf written?
D. J. Dollhopf has written: 'Effects of surface configuration in water pollution control on semiarid mined lands' -- subject(s): Arid regions, Environmental aspects of Strip mining, Pollution, Reclamation of land, Runoff, Soil conservation, Strip mining, Water, Water conservation
What is the effects of strip mining on the land?
Strip mining can have significant negative impacts on the land, including deforestation, habitat destruction, soil erosion, water pollution, and disruption of ecosystems. The removal of vegetation and topsoil can lead to long-term environmental damage and loss of biodiversity in the affected area. Rehabilitation efforts may be needed to restore the land after strip mining activities cease.
What has the author Kenneth J Tennessen written?
Kenneth J Tennessen has written: 'Morphological variation in Djalmabatista (Diptera: chironomidae) associated with coal strip mine ponds' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Strip mining, Pollution, Strip mine ponds, Strip mining, Water 'Thermal tolerance of aquatic insects inhabitating the Tennessee River-Reservoir system' -- subject(s): Physiological effect, Thermal pollution of rivers, lakes, Aquatic insects
What was polluting the water in thunderheart?
The mining for Uranium that the government was secretly doing on the reservation. Strip mining removes top soil and anything in it, and rain would then wash this sediment into the river. This would result in pollution.
What is strip mine?
Strip Mining is the practice of mining a seam of mineral, by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock.
What are disadvantages of strip mining?
Pollution. Pollutive cyanide can turn beautiful creeks nasty. Gas trapped for tens of thousands of years is released and it is pollutive.
What are 3 ways to reduce the environmental effects of mining?
Implementing sustainable mining practices that minimize land disturbance and pollution. Reclaiming and rehabilitating mined areas to restore natural habitats. Using advanced technologies and alternative energy sources to reduce the carbon footprint of mining operations.
What are types of minning?
The types of mining are shaft mining, strip mining, surface mining, and subsurface mining.
