World BrieflyChina's deadliest coal mine disaster in years has sparked rare public outrage over safety failures and lack of accountability.
Mojo ♻️BHP suing @MichaelWestMedia over reporting on an allegedly underpaid coal miner who broke his back at Mount Arthur? That’s not a good look.
#BHP #MichaelWestMedia #MountArthur #Journalism #PressFreedom #CoalMining #WorkersRights #Australia #Auspol
This Story About BHP Got My Friend SUED... Anyway, Lets Read It | Punters Politics
((***Tiefenkultur**)) @kassiopeia_v7Anger grows after #China 's deadliest #coalmining #disaster in years
On China's tightly-controlled internet, people are calling for #justice and questioning how this happened.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China coal mine blast: Anger o...
China coal mine blast: Anger o...
KillBait UK 🇬🇧Gas Explosion at Shanxi Coal Mine Claims Eight Lives and Traps 38 Miners
📰 Original title: Coal mine gas explosion in China kills 8 and leaves dozens trapped underground
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Gas Explosion at Shanxi Coal Mine Claims Eight Lives and Traps 38 Miners
A gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi city, Shanxi province, northern China, has resulted in the deaths of at least eight miners and left 38 others trapped underground. The incident occurred on Friday evening while approximately 247 workers were present at the mine. By early Saturday, rescue teams had safely brought 201 workers to the surface. Authorities are currently investigating the cause of the explosion, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered a full-scale rescue operation, as well as a thorough inquiry into the circumstances of the accident. He emphasised that those responsible must be held accountable. Shanxi province, known as China's primary coal-producing region, has a population of around 34 million and covers an area larger than Greece. The province's miners produced 1.3 billion tons of coal last year, accounting for almost a third of China’s total output. The tragic event highlights the ongoing risks faced by coal miners in the region and raises questions about safety protocols in the mining industry.
KillBait NewsThe Use of Canaries as Biological Early Warning Systems in Coal Mines
📰 Original title: The History of Canaries in Coal Mines
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The Use of Canaries as Biological Early Warning Systems in Coal Mines
The use of canaries in coal mines started in the late 19th century as a life-saving measure against invisible toxic gases. British scientist John Scott Haldane proposed the idea in 1895 after investigating mine disasters, realizing that carbon monoxide poisoning caused most deaths following explosions. Canaries were chosen because of their highly efficient respiratory systems, which include air sacs that deliver a double dose of oxygen and any toxins with each breath. Due to their small size and rapid metabolism, canaries react to carbon monoxide about 20 times faster than humans, showing distress by stopping their songs and falling unconscious well before miners felt symptoms. This provided crucial time for evacuation. Miners formed strong bonds with these birds, treating them as companions rather than disposable tools. Haldane also invented a special resuscitator cage with an oxygen supply to revive affected canaries quickly. The practice became mandatory in Britain in 1911 and spread to other countries including the US and Canada. Primitive methods like flame tests with lamps had failed to detect carbon monoxide reliably. The tradition continued into the 1980s until electronic gas detectors replaced the birds in December 1986. Many mining communities kept aviaries afterward as tributes to the thousands of lives saved by these small yellow birds over nearly a century of service.
KillBaitThe Use of Canaries as Biological Early Warning Systems in Coal Mines
📰 Original title: The History of Canaries in Coal Mines
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The Use of Canaries as Biological Early Warning Systems in Coal Mines
The use of canaries in coal mines started in the late 19th century as a life-saving measure against invisible toxic gases. British scientist John Scott Haldane proposed the idea in 1895 after investigating mine disasters, realizing that carbon monoxide poisoning caused most deaths following explosions. Canaries were chosen because of their highly efficient respiratory systems, which include air sacs that deliver a double dose of oxygen and any toxins with each breath. Due to their small size and rapid metabolism, canaries react to carbon monoxide about 20 times faster than humans, showing distress by stopping their songs and falling unconscious well before miners felt symptoms. This provided crucial time for evacuation. Miners formed strong bonds with these birds, treating them as companions rather than disposable tools. Haldane also invented a special resuscitator cage with an oxygen supply to revive affected canaries quickly. The practice became mandatory in Britain in 1911 and spread to other countries including the US and Canada. Primitive methods like flame tests with lamps had failed to detect carbon monoxide reliably. The tradition continued into the 1980s until electronic gas detectors replaced the birds in December 1986. Many mining communities kept aviaries afterward as tributes to the thousands of lives saved by these small yellow birds over nearly a century of service.
Bi Sasquatch"While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust."
#BlackLung #CoalMining #SilicaDust #Appalachia #MiningReform #PublicHealth #CoalIndustry #Trump
In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall
While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.
Andi ChorleyThe Big Hewer - A Radio Ballad by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger, released on Argo in 1967 but first broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1960.
Coalmining presented itself as a natural subject for a radio ballad since Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger had spent part of 1960 working as resident songwriters and music arrangers for the National Coal Board film department. The Big Hewer was the fourth in the series and named after the mythically prodigious miner of coal legend who appears by a different name in each mining locality (a similar figure with superhuman work powers, John Henry, exists in American work gang mythology).
https://ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com/album/the-radio-ballads-the-big-hewer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7LuLSJBLM
#EwanMcColl #PeggySeeger #CharlesParker #RadioBallad #FolkMusic #CoalMining #BBC #Music
General Strike NowFormer history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...
“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago?
NewsletterTFIndia Embeds Underground Coal Gasification in First Commercial Mine Deals
India's Ministry of Coal signed 4 new deals yesterday, April 28, for coal mines that will use underground gasification. This changes how coal is used.
#CoalGasification, #IndiaEnergy, #RelianceIndustries, #AxisEnergy, #CoalMining
https://newsletter.tf/india-underground-coal-gasification-new-deals/
