Coal's Role in Sustaining Society - an Integrated-Message Approach

Author

Joel R. Warneke
R. Larry Grayson, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

The mining industry has searched for a message that will resonate with the public while focusing on the industry's positive contributions to society. Thus far environmental groups remain unconvinced, and the public is still largely uninformed. In the authors' opinion, a number of recent events and experiences have converged to help shape a more effective public communication on mining's important role. This paper presents a fresh and cogent perspective on coal's role in sustaining society by anchoring the message in a transparent material flow analysis that links coal's impacts across a broad range of social and environmental aspects.

Recommended Citation

J. R. Warneke and R. L. Grayson, "Coal's Role in Sustaining Society - an Integrated-Message Approach," Proceedings of the 2006 SME Annual Meeting, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Jan 2006.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Society; Coal; Environmental aspects

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2006 Society of Manufacturing Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2006