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its inhabitants. However, little media attention has focused on these devastating fires. The overall effects of coal
fires on the earth
s atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and cryosphere are worthy of intense study
because of their sizeable contribution to the myriad of environmental pollutants induced by human activities.
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Acknowledgments
T
he authors thank the following individuals and agencies for providing them with the documents and information
necessary to complete the research for this manuscript: Charlotte Griffiths, The World Coal Institute, London,
England; Charles Meyers, Office of Surface Mining, US Department of the Interior, Washington, DC; Peggy Wells,
Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy, Washington, DC; Timothy Altares, Michael
Klimkos, and Steve Jones, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PDEP), Harrisburg, PA;
Michael Hill, PDEP, Pottsville, PA; David Zazac, Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, PA; Terry
Rodgers, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, PA; Janet Carleton, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH; Anupma
Prakash, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; and Zoltan Vekerdy, Geological Survey Division,
ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands. We also thank Jay C. Close of the ChevronTexaco Corp. and Jim Hower of the
University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research for their careful review of the manuscript.
Important Terms
abandoned workings
exothermic oxidation reactions
blackdamp
P
-
T stability diagram
chokedamp
stinkdamp
COALMAN
strip mined
coal-fire detector gases
wood-fire detector gases
deep mined
workings
environmental P
T indicator
thermodynamic loop analysis
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