"Coal-fired" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... issues: situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by postcommunist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government
... brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; gas Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: severe damage to forests from "acid rain" caused by coal-fired power stations ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
