Vovk, Viktor,
Might a Green Phoenix Rise from Red Ashes?. Viktor Vovk and Thomas Prugh. - USA Today (Magazine), 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 45, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Might a Green Phoenix Rise from Red Ashes?, Jan. 2005; pp. 56-60.
"The methane explosion that blasted through the Gaegova coal mine 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 of coal. Several other miners were injured or poisoned. Although such incidents occur every few days, they represent only the acute face of mining-related trauma. As in many coal-rich nations, Ukraine's miners also suffer a shockingly high rate of lung disease and other disabilities that shorten and degrade their lives....Closing the mines...would be a difficult task anywhere, but in politically unstable Ukraine--where 450,000 Ukrainians still work in mining and have few other choices, and economic output, though rising, remains below pre-independence levels--closing mines is almost impossible." (USA TODAY MAGAZINE) The authors consider if sustainable development is possible "for Ukraine and other post-communist nations...after the previous regime's singleminded focus on industrial expansion was accomplished through the ruthless exploitation of natural resources."
1522-3205;
Coal mines and mining
Environmental degradation--Ukraine
Exploitation
Natural resources--Ukraine
Political corruption--Eastern Europe
Post-communism
Power resources--Ukraine
Sustainable development
Ukraine--Economic conditions
Ukraine--Environmental conditions
Ukraine--Politics and government
AC1.S5
050
Might a Green Phoenix Rise from Red Ashes?. Viktor Vovk and Thomas Prugh. - USA Today (Magazine), 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 45, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Might a Green Phoenix Rise from Red Ashes?, Jan. 2005; pp. 56-60.
"The methane explosion that blasted through the Gaegova coal mine 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 of coal. Several other miners were injured or poisoned. Although such incidents occur every few days, they represent only the acute face of mining-related trauma. As in many coal-rich nations, Ukraine's miners also suffer a shockingly high rate of lung disease and other disabilities that shorten and degrade their lives....Closing the mines...would be a difficult task anywhere, but in politically unstable Ukraine--where 450,000 Ukrainians still work in mining and have few other choices, and economic output, though rising, remains below pre-independence levels--closing mines is almost impossible." (USA TODAY MAGAZINE) The authors consider if sustainable development is possible "for Ukraine and other post-communist nations...after the previous regime's singleminded focus on industrial expansion was accomplished through the ruthless exploitation of natural resources."
1522-3205;
Coal mines and mining
Environmental degradation--Ukraine
Exploitation
Natural resources--Ukraine
Political corruption--Eastern Europe
Post-communism
Power resources--Ukraine
Sustainable development
Ukraine--Economic conditions
Ukraine--Environmental conditions
Ukraine--Politics and government
AC1.S5
050