Park's tigers bounce back. (Conservation).
Tiger numbers in India's Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh have increased from two per square kilometre in 1996 to a healthy seven or eight. The population is now thought to be around 16 individuals. Though not a large population, it is a dramatic increase, in a...

The fires below: burning coal sculpts landscapes worldwide.
In Centralia, Pa., the ground is prone to sudden and unexpected collapse. Hot, sulfurous gases waft from vents in the earth, kill trees, drive away wildlife, and sometimes threaten people's lives. Plumes of I smoke rise from cracks in a highway that's been closed for more than a decade....

Kakadu uranium mine shuts down: Matthew Brace reports on a historic victory for Australia's conservationists and the nation's indigenous people.
The Mirrar Aboriginal people in Australia's Kakadu National Park have won a lengthy battle to close a controversial uranium mine that has threatened both their sacred sites and the park's World Heritage status. No uranium was ever mined from the Jabiluka site, which is surrounded by Kakadu,...

Gold mine glitch. (Stateline).
California recently adopted the nation's toughest restrictions on open-pit metal mining. The regulations require mining companies to refill all new open-pit mines and reclaim the land to the conditions of the surrounding natural landscape. Environmentalists say the cyanide used to leach precious metals from lower grade ore can remain...

Red past. Green future? Sustainable development for Ukraine and the post-communist nations.
The methane explosion that blasted through the Gaegova coal mine last October added seven names to the list of nearly 4,000 Ukrainian miners killed in accidents since 1991. Newspaper reports said the victims were suffocated or crushed beneath tons J of coal. Several other miners were injured or poisoned....

The coal porters.
Ellington colliery leads a charmed life. A year ago, when final closure seemed inevitable, it won a last minute reprieve. Its closure would have marked the end of deep pit mining in the Northumberland and Durham coalfield. It would have also heralded the end for the seacoalers of Lynemouth...

Putting it into practice. (ACF Member Profile).
ON WINDY DAYS so much dust is whipped up on ACF member Rob May's South Australian property that he can barely see his hand when it is held in front of his face. Old fence posts marking out boundaries on the property bear lines through their middle...

CONSOL Energy Completes Canadian Acquisition.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) today announced the successful closure effective December 31, 2000 of the purchase by its subsidiary CONSOL Energy Canada Ltd., from Luscar Ltd. of Edmonton, of a 50 percent interest in the Line Creek Mine, under the terms...

Salt Output Reducing by 7 Million Tons.
Problems in the structure of China's salt industry have become more prominent. Low-level production, great output surplus and weak innovative capacity have led to an overall loss in the salt industry. China Salt Industrial Corporation has decided to suppress the production capacity so as to achieve the reversal of...

Some friend!
Dear Dodie, I don't usually write to girls, but Mr. Mash is making me stay in for talking, and I'm so bored I could spit. I hope you won't think it's weird if I welcome you to Marshall School. Since we ride the same thought You...