Coal
This page is a collection of links to resources about coal
- Ground Truth Trekking’s Alaska Coal pages- this is a library of articles giving background on coal in alaska. Topics include profiles of specific projects, mining and production methods, and health and environmental impacts.
- Alaskans for Energy Freedom Campaign– this website has information about the Chuitna and Wishbone Hill projects, coal dust, risks to Alaska’s economy and communities, and links to groups working on coal issues
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics– ACAT has factsheets and other resources about the health impacts of coal
- Coal Ash Chronicles– information about coal ash and coal as regulation. There are pages with resources about coal ash in each state, here’s the Alaska Page
- www.coaltrainfacts.org– this website is about the proposed coal port in Washington. Many of its abundant resources about the health impacts of coal are applicable to Alaska
- Power Past Coal– this organization opposes the proposed coal port in Washington. Many of its abundant resources are applicable to Alaska
- Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign
- Protect Alaska Health: Facts About Coal and Your Health blog by Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Coal Diver – an interactive website about coal mining
- Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign
- iLoveMountains.org has an interactive map showing the health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia, as well as summaries of peer-reviewed studies about these impacts.
- The Strip Mining Handbookprovides citizens in mining areas with the tools they need to understand the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977 and use it to protect their homes and communities from the negative effects of strip mining.
Reports
Health Impacts of Coal
- Physicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system. The report also considers coal’s contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. This report is part of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Code Black: Coal’s Assault on America’s Health Campaign.
- Coal and Mercury in Alaska- An Environmental Research and Position Paper, by Kendra L. Zamzow, Ph.D., Center for Science in Public Participation, August 2010
- The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America’s Dirtiest Energy Source by Clean Air Task Force
- Coal Ash in Alaska: Our Health, Our Right to Know
- Coal River Mountain Watch has a library of reports on the health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining
Alaskans for Responsible Mining 