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Inside the coal industry / by Tom Streissguth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Streissguth, Thomas, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Big business (Essential Library (Firm))
- Big business
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around coal, one of the world's most important sources of energy. It explores the history of the coal industry, coal's environmental impact and what is being done to mitigate it, and the future of the coal industry and coal technology. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index." -- Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Coal and society
- What is coal?
- The coal revolution
- The coal industry grows
- Digging coal
- Coal hazards
- Global warming and clean coal
- New coal technologies
- The future of coal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781624022920
- 1624022928
- OCLC:
- 981449179
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