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Protect Climate or Protect Jobs?
The first half of 21st century will see the demise of the cheap oil regime. While oil has been in enabling high growth which the developed economies have witnessed in the post second world war era, it has also created a global eco-system feeding on oil for its sustenance & prosperity. It has done irreparable damage to the climate by dramatic rise in carbon dioxide emissions and hence the temperature of earth resulting in catastrophic consequences for future of human civilization on our planet.
In a few days, leaders of the new world will convene in Copenhagen on the eve of United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 to show their commitment to prevent climate change and secure the future of earth’s ecosystem. If we miss this opportunity to universally agree on deliberate policies restraining ourselves on the usage of fossil fuels going forward, we will inflict irreversible damage to earth’s geo ecosystem and throw ourselves at a guaranteed disaster. If history is any indicator, it would be foolish to pin any hopes on outcome of this summit. Similar discussions in the past have yielded limited to no results. Issue of carbon emission and climate conservation have been perceived as a social responsibility with little significance in the face of domestic economic challenges by both developed and developing nations. It may however be different this time.
Never in the past had the agenda around climate change been supported by economics imperatives. However the senseless consumption of oil over the last five decades has resulted in exhaustion of this commodity at an astonishing pace and this phenomenon may present a solution to this problem. The price of oil continues to climb and we will reach peak global oil in the next few decades if we are not already there. From the mid-1980s to September 2003, the inflation-adjusted price of a barrel of crude oil was generally under $25/barrel. During 2003, the price rose above $30, reached $60 by mid 2005, and peaked at around $150 in July 2008. As we approach peak oil, the demand will drive price to dizzy heights and can see the price go well over the dreaded $200/barrel. At this price, Oil will lose its power to be the economic growth agent due to its affordability and availability to support the growth rates of developing countries such as China and India.
There is very little disagreement globally over the need to contain the carbon emission immediately if we have to avoid causing irreparable damage to earth’s climate. The benefit of acting strong and early far outweighs the cost of not acting. Using the results from formal economic models, the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever. If a wider range of risks and impacts is taken into account, the estimates of damage could rise to 20% of GDP or more. There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.
At the same time, more than half of the world’s population lives in poverty and a solution to climate change which curbs economic growth in developing countries or results in a major drop in lifestyle in developed countries will be politically. A recent McKinsey study says that to achieve both the objectives of stabilizing GHG emission while maintaining economic growth will require 10-fold increase in “carbon productivity” – ie the amount of GDP produced per unit of carbon equivalent (CO2e) emitted. The carbon revolution that is necessary to increase the carbon productivity of such an extent is comparable to the labor productivity increases of the Industrial revolution but will have to be achieved in one-third of the time if the world is to maintain the current economic growth levels. It is therefore virtually impossible to achieve this feat without reducing the reliance on fossil fuels.
As a result three things will happen. 1) Renewable energy, which has traditionally played a second fiddle to the fossil fuels, will take centre-stage and replace the carbon based energy source as the primary driver of global economic growth. While oil and coal will continue to be a substantial source of energy well into the second half of 21st century, its use will be highly governed and regulated as we now understand the full costs of using fossil fuels on the economy as well as the climate 2) As we transition from the Second to the Third Industrial Revolution, manufacturing activities will start concentrating in regions with clean, sustainable, reliable energy source creating millions of new jobs. Any solution which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would reduce the number of jobs in industries that produce carbon-based energy, use energy in their production process, or produce products whose use involves energy consumption, because those industries would experience the greatest increases in costs and declines in sales. 3) Nations who use this opportunity to force out the fossil fuel from its ecosystem and lay the foundation for the post carbon Third Industrial Revolution will have gain unparalleled competitive advantage and emerge as the dominant economic power in the second half of the 21st century.
As in the previous era, the advent of coal powered steam technology and printing press gave birth to the first industrial revolution, today the technology exists in form of intelligent utility network to not only produce renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro and biomass) but also distribute in an granular fashion with cost economics comparable to the economics of the traditional fossil fuel energy eco-system. The investment that takes place in the next 10-20 years will have a profound effect
on the climate in the second half of this century and in the next. Early signs of investment in renewable energy are encouraging but needs to increase significantly. Global investment in renewable energies topped $148 billion in 2007, a 60 percent increase from 2006. By conservative estimates, global investments in renewable energies are expected to leap to €250 billion by 2020 and €460 billion by 2030.
According to a study conducted by University of California, adopting comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create up to 1.9 million jobs in the U.S. The analysis shows conclusively that climate policy will strengthen the U.S. economy as a whole. Full adoption of the ACES package of pollution reduction and energy efficiency measures would create between 918,000 and 1.9 million new jobs, increase annual household income by $487-$1,175 per year and boost GDP by $39 billion-$111 billion. The findings are consistent with previous analyses that have similarly demonstrated that clean energy investments create more jobs, across a wider variety of skill and education levels, than comparable investments in fossil-fuel energy sources.
A new renewable energy economy will be less polluting, more efficient, more competitive, and provide more jobs. In Germany, alone, the renewable energy industry boasted an annual turnover of €21.6 billion and 214,000 workers in 2006.
Selected global indicators
2006
2007
2008
Investment in new renewable capacity (annual)
63
104
$120 Billion
Existing renewable power capacity,
excluding large hydro
207
240
280 GW
Wind power capacity (existing)
74
94
121 GW
Solar (PV) power capacity (grid connected)
5.1
7.5
13 GW
Ethanol production (annual)
39
50
67 Billion Litres
EU has been in forefront of the Third Industrial Revolution. It is the first regional bloc to take the leadership in committing to a target of 20% renewable energy and a likewise reduction of emission by 2020. Various initiatives at a country and regional level have been invested in over the last several years and will start showing results as early as 2015. By 2050, renewable energy is projected to provide nearly half the primary energy, and 70 percent of the electricity produced within the EU, and account for several million new jobs.
For instance one of the noteworthy initiatives “The Desertec Industrial Initiative” aims to supply Europe with 15% of its energy needs by 2050. Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to produce solar-generated electricity with a vast network of power plants and transmission grids across North Africa and the Middle East. The first stage will be to build massive solar energy fields across North Africa’s Sahara desert, utilising concentrated solar power technology (CPS), which uses parabolic mirrors to focus the Sun’s rays on containers of water. The electricity will then be transported great distances to Europe, using hi-tech cables that suffer little conductive loss of power. The move is critical in the transition of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to sustainable energy supplies.
In 2008, the European Commission also announced a Joint Technology Initiative (JTI), an ambitious public/private partnership, to speed the commercial introduction of a hydrogen economy in the 27 member states of the EU, with the primary focus on producing hydrogen from renewable sources of energy.
A lot of precious time has already been wasted in meaningless and narrow tunnelled debate between the US and developing countries such as China and India over the subject of who has the right to burn more fossil fuel in future. However, the new economic imperatives of renewable energy should replace the debate from the subject of economic concerns to economic opportunities and urge the world leaders of developing nations to instead broker an agreement for speedy technology transfer of renewable energy which will help them preserve the much needed manufacturing jobs, maintain economic growth without causing damage to the climate. The cost of not acting for developing nations will be far higher than for developed economies even though they have contributed the least to the cause of climate change.
Cheap labour will no longer be sufficient to attract manufacturing activities. Nations will have to demonstrate energy security of the clean kind to create and retain manufacturing jobs much needed for greater prosperity through economic growth. The transition from carbon to renewable economy will have dramatic influence on the globalization process in the second half of 21st century. The transition will require substantial transformation of energy infrastructure, reconfiguring of industries, retraining of workers and realignment of global power hubs. Early adopter will have an advantage of being ready to embrace this wholesale change while laggards will witness bleak economic growth in the second half of this century. Each country have to now choose to either be a laggard or in the forefront of this game changing revolution.
About the Author
(Author is Business Development Manager for Infosys and a fellow of India China Institute. These are his personal views and can be reached on hirend@yahoo.com)
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50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America $15.95 Like lots of college grads, Daniel Seddiqui was having a hard time finding a job. But despite more than forty rejections, he knew opportunities had to exist. So he set out on an extraordinary quest: fifty jobs in fifty states in fifty weeks. And not just any jobs—he chose professions that reflected the culture and economy of each state.Working as everything from a cheesemaker in Wisconsin, a border patrol agent in Arizona, and a meatpacker in Kansas to a lobsterman in Maine, a surfing instructor in Hawaii, and a football coach in Alabama, Daniel chronicles how he adapted to the wildly differing people, cultures, and environments. From one week to the next he had no idea exactly what his duties would be, where he’d be sleeping, what he’d be eating, or how he’d be received. He became a roving news item, appearing on CNN, Fox News, World News Tonight, MSNBC, and the Today show—which was good preparation for his stint as a television weatherman.Tackling challenge after challenge—overcoming anxiety about working four miles underground in a West Virginia coal mine, learning to walk on six-foot stilts (in a full Egyptian king costume) at a Florida amusement park, racing the clock as a pit-crew member at an Indiana racetrack—Daniel completed his journey a changed man. In this book he shares stories about the people he met, reveals the lessons he learned, and explains the five principles that kept him going.   |
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50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America $15.95 Like lots of college grads, Daniel Seddiqui was having a hard time finding a job. But despite more than forty rejections, he knew opportunities had to exist. So he set out on an extraordinary quest: fifty jobs in fifty states in fifty weeks. And not just any jobs—he chose professions that reflected the culture and economy of each state.Working as everything from a cheesemaker in Wisconsin, a border patrol agent in Arizona, and a meatpacker in Kansas to a lobsterman in Maine, a surfing instructor in Hawaii, and a football coach in Alabama, Daniel chronicles how he adapted to the wildly differing people, cultures, and environments. From one week to the next he had no idea exactly what his duties would be, where he’d be sleeping, what he’d be eating, or how he’d be received. He became a roving news item, appearing on CNN, Fox News, World News Tonight, MSNBC, and the Today show—which was good preparation for his stint as a television weatherman.Tackling challenge after challenge—overcoming anxiety about working four miles underground in a West Virginia coal mine, learning to walk on six-foot stilts (in a full Egyptian king costume) at a Florida amusement park, racing the clock as a pit-crew member at an Indiana racetrack—Daniel completed his journey a changed man. In this book he shares stories about the people he met, reveals the lessons he learned, and explains the five principles that kept him going.   |
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An Airplane Was My Burro: The Memoirs Of A Venturesome Geologist $14.64 The author of this memoir is a retired Economic Geologist who was privileged to work for several mining companies in the fields of metals and energy. He was also employed by the Illinois State Geological Survey and by the Foreign Section of the US Geological Survey and taught one year at The Wisconsin School of Mines between jobs. His first love was minerals exploration and he was very successful as he found a major reserve of zinc in SW Wisconsin, a very good uranium mine in New Mexico and several large strip coal reserves in the Western and Central United States. His ability as an airplane pilot served him well, particularly in his work on western coals. The variety of his work experience makes for numerous interesting stories and many insightful geological observations. He was about to embark on a career as a pitcher in professional baseball when he received a scholarship to the University of Chicago and discovered geology. |
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An Airplane Was My Burro: The Memoirs of a Venturesome Geologist $18.95 The author of this memoir is a retired Economic Geologist who was privileged to work for several mining companies in the fields of metals and energy. He was also employed by the Illinois State Geological Survey and by the Foreign Section of the US Geological Survey and taught one year at The Wisconsin School of Mines between jobs. His first love was minerals exploration and he was very successful as he found a major reserve of zinc in SW Wisconsin, a very good uranium mine in New Mexico and several large strip coal reserves in the Western and Central United States. His ability as an airplane pilot served him well, particularly in his work on western coals. The variety of his work experience makes for numerous interesting stories and many insightful geological observations. He was about to embark on a career as a pitcher in professional baseball when he received a scholarship to the University of Chicago and discovered geology. |
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Appalachian Daughter: The Exodus of the Mountaineers from Appalachia $17.5 Appalachian Daughter-35987Not since the Dust Bowl days of the 30’s have so many residents of one area of our great country migrated to another in search of a better way of life. The sturdy ancestors of this group had followed Dniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap a century or more before and were ready to follow their leaders to a new life elsewhere. Appalachian Daughter was written to chronicle the exodus of a number of leading families from the Pine and Black Mountain areas of Eastern Kentucky. Collectively, these mountains are known simply as the “Cumberlands” and form a section of the Appalachian Mountain Range.After the Second World War, the area was so poverty stricken many of the mountaineers left their homes for fertile Southern Indiana farms or went on to cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati in search of factory jobs. Coal mining was the only job available in Eastern Kentucky. When the mine operators refused to budge on employee welfare or safety issues, the leaders decided to abandon the only profession they knew and start their lives anew in other places.This story tells of one of those families who migrated and their struggles for acceptance. It attempts to show the impact of this migration on Indiana and other states. It also shows the dismal prospects of those left behind, prospects that would require fifty years to mend. The area would not heal until it had produced, reared and educated new leaders to take the place of those who left.This story is about my family. I hope you enjoy reading of our exploits. |
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Ball, Bat and Bitumen $36.94 They emerged from the mines, shook off the coal dust, and stepped onto the diamond. From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon, each team attracting avid and intensely loyal fans. Talented part-time athletes competed at the amateur, semi-pro and professional levels. Equally competitive were the coal company officials, who often brought in ringers, or players of exceptional ability, giving them easier jobs above ground or a padded pay packet. Based on interviews with surviving players, families of deceased players, and contemporary sources, this thoroughgoing history covers not only teams and leagues but their function within the mining communities of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. The book features a special section on African-American mining teams, a coalfield map and many photographs. |
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Ball, Bat and Bitumen: A History of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South $35 They emerged from the mines, shook off the coal dust, and stepped onto the diamond. From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon, each team attracting avid and intensely loyal fans. Talented part-time athletes competed at the amateur, semi-pro and professional levels. Equally competitive were the coal company officials, who often brought in ringers, or players of exceptional ability, giving them easier jobs above ground or a padded pay packet.Based on interviews with surviving players, families of deceased players, and contemporary sources, this thoroughgoing history covers not only teams and leagues but their function within the mining communities of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. The book features a special section on African-American mining leagues, a coalfield map and photographs. |
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Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner $2.99 Used – Among those drawn to jobs in the booming West Virginia coal mines during the first part of the twentieth century were thousands of African Americans. They proved successful in this industry — despite low wages and discrimination at the hands of mine operators. This book, the first published memoir by an African American coal miner, is a stirring tale of survival and achievement. Bob Armstead interweaves stories of family and community with a broad history of underground mining to paint a |
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Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner $6.34 Used – Among those drawn to jobs in the booming West Virginia coal mines during the first part of the twentieth century were thousands of African Americans. They proved successful in this industry — despite low wages and discrimination at the hands of mine operators. This book, the first published memoir by an African American coal miner, is a stirring tale of survival and achievement. Bob Armstead interweaves stories of family and community with a broad history of underground mining to paint a |
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Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner $37.86 Among those drawn to jobs in the booming West Virginia coal mines during the first part of the twentieth century were thousands of African Americans. They proved successful in this industry — despite low wages and discrimination at the hands of mine operators. This book, the first published memoir by an African American coal miner, is a stirring tale of survival and achievement. Bob Armstead interweaves stories of family and community with a broad history of underground mining to paint an engrossing picture of the work, the dangers, and the drama of that industry.Armstead remembers his childhood, growing up in a segregated coal camp during the Great Depression, and he recalls his family’s efforts to confront economic challenges while also dealing with the reality of racism. His father worked as a horse driver in the mines until machinery put him out of work. Even though, as a youth, Armstead saw how his father had suffered, he himself went to work in the mines in 1947. From his first day on the job, coal mining fascinated him. He initally labored in a timber crew, shoring up mine roofs. Then, in a life peppered with mine closings and layoffs that sent him from one place to another in search of work, he eventually became a mining machine operator, a foreman over predominantly white crews, and finally a safety inspector.Black Days, Black Dust evokes a vivid sense of a coal miner’s life. Armstead’s recollections of his father provide descriptions of primitive mining methods in the 1930s and grueling twelve-hour work days. Armstead’s memories of his own career document his enthusiasm for mining and the work ethic that earned him responsible positions in the mines.Engagingly told,Armstead’s story is both a rich historical document and a moving portrait of one man’s life and how he overcame adversity. |
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Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner $14.59 Used – Among those drawn to jobs in the booming West Virginia coal mines during the first part of the twentieth century were thousands of African Americans. They proved successful in this industry — despite low wages and discrimination at the hands of mine operators. This book, the first published memoir by an African American coal miner, is a stirring tale of survival and achievement. Bob Armstead interweaves stories of family and community with a broad history of underground mining to paint a |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $55.26 New – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal eviden |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $91.26 Used – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal evide |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $18.54 New – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In “Daughters of the Mountain”, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal evid |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $55.26 Used – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal evide |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $26.86 New – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In “Daughters of the Mountain”, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal evid |
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Daughters of the Mountain: Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia $91.26 New – Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. Tallichet’s work goes beyond anecdotal eviden |
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Dickenson County, Virginia (Images of America Series) $21.99 Dickenson County was formed in 1880 from parts of Wise, Russell, and Buchanan Counties. The county was named for William J. Dickenson, a legislator from Russell County who sponsored the bill in the House of Delegates that established it as the 100th county in Virginia. Dickenson has since been referred to as Virginia’s baby county. Daniel Boone may have been the first white man to see the area. In 1767, he and two others traveled northward from the Yadkin River in North Carolina and reached the headwaters of the West (later called Russell) Fork of the Big Sandy River. Dickenson has one of the largest underground stores of coal in the world, with coal and lumber providing the majority of jobs for the region. The county is home to bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, who is from Clintwood and was raised on Sandy Ridge. The county was home to “Ironman” Claude Fuller, who played baseball for the New York Yankees. The county is famous for the “Petticoat Government,” an all-women town council and a mayor that received national attention. One of the most tragic mining accidents occurred in Dickenson County in 1932 when an explosion at Splashdam Mine killed 10 men. |
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Erie $13.08 Used – Erie grew from the discovery of coal in the mid-1800s. Its mines became the largest suppliers of lignite coal in the northern Colorado coalfield. Unions quickly moved into Colorado to push for improved working conditions and miners rights to participate in decisions affecting their jobs. When mine owners refused to honor their requests, miners went on strike, and owners hired scab labor from Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Tensions mounted, and local miners sabotaged mines by setting explosives |
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Erie $14.15 New – Erie grew from the discovery of coal in the mid-1800s. Its mines became the largest suppliers of lignite coal in the northern Colorado coalfield. Unions quickly moved into Colorado to push for improved working conditions and miners rights to participate in decisions affecting their jobs. When mine owners refused to honor their requests, miners went on strike, and owners hired scab labor from Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Tensions mounted, and local miners sabotaged mines by setting explosives |
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Erie $13.08 New – Erie grew from the discovery of coal in the mid-1800s. Its mines became the largest suppliers of lignite coal in the northern Colorado coalfield. Unions quickly moved into Colorado to push for improved working conditions and miners rights to participate in decisions affecting their jobs. When mine owners refused to honor their requests, miners went on strike, and owners hired scab labor from Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Tensions mounted, and local miners sabotaged mines by setting explosives |
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Erie $14.73 Used – Erie grew from the discovery of coal in the mid-1800s. Its mines became the largest suppliers of lignite coal in the northern Colorado coalfield. Unions quickly moved into Colorado to push for improved working conditions and miners rights to participate in decisions affecting their jobs. When mine owners refused to honor their requests, miners went on strike, and owners hired scab labor from Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Tensions mounted, and local miners sabotaged mines by setting explosives |
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Hazard $0.01 When a block of coal the size of a stove shoots out of the wall, miner Amos Blevins barely has time to react before the entire area is flooded with water. He frantically tries to rescue his crewmates, but in an underground space that is pitch black and too cramped to even stand up, he can barely crawl to safety himself. Inspector Will Murphy is sent to investigate, ordered by his superiors to clear things up quickly so the mine can reopen. After all, if the mine closes, then miners lose their jobs, and so do mine inspectors.It seems to be a straight forward accident, but Will senses something suspicious about this case—or maybe he’s just lashing out at his older brother, who has usurped his place as heir to the largest mining company in Eastern Kentucky and owner of the flooded mine—but Will has decided he won’t let this one go, whatever it might cost him.Before he can get far, Will’s witnesses start turning up dead. And Amos, who refuses to follow his boss’s orders to lie to Will about conditions in the mine, finds the little he has threatened. Together, these two men will learn that in the mines, life, family, money, and power all come from one thing—coal.Drawing on his four years of reporting on the coal mines of Kentucky, Harris has painted a vivid portrait of rural Appalachia, beautifully capturing the place and culture of the mining community while weaving a complex and taut story of murder and corruption. |
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Samuel M. Ralston $74.54 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loc |
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Samuel M. Ralston $89.71 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loca |
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Samuel M. Ralston $129.53 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loc |
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Samuel M. Ralston $79.09 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loc |
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Samuel M. Ralston $134.4 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loca |
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Samuel M. Ralston $121.01 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Moffett Ralston (December 1, 1857-October 14, 1925) was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine. He taught school and studied law, becoming a prominent state lawyer. He became active in his loc |
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The Failure Of Global Capitalism $6.85 What do Cape Breton and Colombia have in common? Coal, for one thing. Coal mining was the backbone of Cape Breton's industrial economy for more than one hundred years, but the last mine was closed in 2001 when the province's utility company took advantage of neoliberal globalization by importing coal-from Colombia.Colombia and Cape Breton represent the loss of well-paid, unionized industrial jobs as a result of neoliberal globalization-the economic hegemony that allows multinational corporations in the global North, primarily North America and Europe, to exploit the natural resources and cheap labour of the global South: Latin America, Africa and Asia.But the commonalities between Cape Breton and Colombia do not end with coal, there are numerous connections directly related to the capitalist system: militant labour struggles, repression, economic insecurity, population displacement, social inequality and environmental devastation.The Failure of Global Capitalism uses the examples of Cape Breton and Colombia to illustrate the harsh realities suffered by people throughout the global North and the global South under neoliberal globalization, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues. Ultimately, it exposes the failure of industrial capitalism, and looks toward more sustainable and egalitarian alternatives. |
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The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond $6.85 New – What do Cape Breton and Colombia have in common? Coal, for one thing. Coal mining was the backbone of Cape Breton’s industrial economy for more than one hundred years, but the last mine was closed in 2001 when the province’s utility company took advantage of neoliberal globalization by importing coal-from Colombia. Colombia and Cape Breton represent the loss of well-paid, unionized industrial jobs as a result of neoliberal globalization-the economic hegemony that allows multinational corpo |
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The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond $8.8 New – What do Cape Breton and Colombia have in common? Coal, for one thing. Coal mining was the backbone of Cape Breton’s industrial economy for more than one hundred years, but the last mine was closed in 2001 when the province’s utility company took advantage of neoliberal globalization by importing coal-from Colombia. Colombia and Cape Breton represent the loss of well-paid, unionized industrial jobs as a result of neoliberal globalization-the economic hegemony that allows multinational corpo |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $2.08 Used – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between fami |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $187.98 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $288.36 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $288.36 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $170.44 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $183.93 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $5.93 Used – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between fami |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $184.19 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $288.34 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $263.59 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $170.95 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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To the Bright and Shining Sun $263.59 New – For generations, Perry James’ family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked in the coal mines. Staunch union supporters, Perry’s grandfather and father have known hard times and after Perry helps to sabotage the mine to keep the ’scabs’ out, things look bleaker than ever. To escape from the cycle of poverty, Perry signs up with the Jobs Corps, where they begin to teach him how to read and write, as well as train him in a skilled trade. But Perry is torn between famil |
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U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia $45.25 “This book is well written and meticulously documented; it will add significantly to the available literature on West Virginia’s industrial and community history. It should find a receptive audience among college and post- graduate scholars of industrial and labor history, West Virginia history, and Appalachian studies.” —John Lilly, editor, GoldensealThe company owned the houses. It owned the stores. It provided medical and governmental services. It provided practically all the jobs. Gary, West Virginia, a coal mining town in the southern part of the state, was a creation of U.S. Steel. And while the workers were not formally bound to the company, their fortunes—like that of their community—were inextricably tied to the success of U.S. Steel.Gary developed in the early twentieth century as U.S. Steel sought a new supply of raw material for its industrial operations. The rich Pocahontas coal field in remote southern West Virginia provided the carbon-rich, low-sulfur coal the company required. To house the thousands of workers it would import to mine that coal bed, U.S. Steel carved a town out of the mountain wilderness. The company was the sole reason for its existence.In this fascinating book, Ronald Garay tells the story of how industry-altering decisions made by U.S. Steel executives reverberated in the hollows of Appalachia. From the area’s industrial revolution in the early twentieth century to the peak of steel-making activity in the 1940s to the industry’s decline in the 1970s, U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia offers an illuminating example of how coal and steel paternalism shaped the eastern mountain region and the limited ways communities and their economies evolve. In telling the story of Gary, this volume freshly illuminates the stories of other mining towns throughout Appalachia.At once a work of passionate journalism and a cogent analysis of economic development in Appalachia, |
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Wild Irish Rose $14.84 New – It is May 1865. When Rosaleen O’Shay and her mother lose their factory jobs, and then her father and brother are injured in a coal-mine cave-in, the family is in serious trouble. Rosaleen worries they will never save enough money to fulfill their dream-to leave Pittsburgh and buy a farm in California. Hoping to give her a better life, Rosaleen’s father secretly arranges to marry her off to Blaise Cameron, a young man on his way to his parents’ ranch near Stockton, CA. In a twist of fate, B |
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Wild Irish Rose $15.68 New – It is May 1865. When Rosaleen O’Shay and her mother lose their factory jobs, and then her father and brother are injured in a coal-mine cave-in, the family is in serious trouble. Rosaleen worries they will never save enough money to fulfill their dream-to leave Pittsburgh and buy a farm in California. Hoping to give her a better life, Rosaleen’s father secretly arranges to marry her off to Blaise Cameron, a young man on his way to his parents’ ranch near Stockton, CA. In a twist of fate, B |
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Wild Irish Rose $15.68 Used – It is May 1865. When Rosaleen O’Shay and her mother lose their factory jobs, and then her father and brother are injured in a coal-mine cave-in, the family is in serious trouble. Rosaleen worries they will never save enough money to fulfill their dream-to leave Pittsburgh and buy a farm in California. Hoping to give her a better life, Rosaleen’s father secretly arranges to marry her off to Blaise Cameron, a young man on his way to his parents’ ranch near Stockton, CA. In a twist of fate, |
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Wild Irish Rose $14.84 Used – It is May 1865. When Rosaleen O’Shay and her mother lose their factory jobs, and then her father and brother are injured in a coal-mine cave-in, the family is in serious trouble. Rosaleen worries they will never save enough money to fulfill their dream-to leave Pittsburgh and buy a farm in California. Hoping to give her a better life, Rosaleen’s father secretly arranges to marry her off to Blaise Cameron, a young man on his way to his parents’ ranch near Stockton, CA. In a twist of fate, |