More than 300,000 children are actively fighting as soldiers with government armed forces or armed opposition groups worldwide
More than 300,000 children are actively fighting as soldiers with government armed forces or armed opposition groups worldwide
The government has the role of identifying, assessing and mitigating the impacts of coal on the human and environmental factors. The government achieves this through its agencies, such as Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Since 2006 Officials of MSHA have stated that an important preventative measure of explosions is ventilation (Friend, 2006). Ventilation could have prevented the above disaster in West Virginia. MSHA since 2006 has also stated that it currently does not have the authority to shut down any mine because of violations (Friend, 2006). Without giving the coal companies such as Massey the ultimatum of either increasing safety or shutting down, coal miners will continue to have casualties. The U.S. Congress has ignored these statements while unsafe coal mining practices has continued. It is the role of the government to protect the health and safety of the miners. Another anti laissez-faire policy the government should take is protection of the environment, for it is of national interest. Governments all over the world have a duty, a responsibility and a commitment of protecting the environment. This can be achieved through enactment and enforcement of suitable state mining and reclamation laws. These laws should also ensure that the environment is protected during coal mining and that the land where coal has been mined is reclaimed adequately after coal mining. The private sector has the role of investing in clean coal technology and should be commitment and support the government initiatives of moving the nation towards greater sustainability and energy reliability (Glasson et al., 2005). As noted before the two recent coal mining incidents in China and U.S have brought about new concerns in coal mining industry. The private sector needs to play more ethical and central role to ensure security of coal mining through strengthening safety measures in their mines. If the coal mining companies continue to ignore the casualty costs, a universal, more costly, regulation will have precedent. After all the years of the government letting coal mining corporations keep unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable mines open, head regulators of MSHA have begun to take action. According to the USA Today on April 27th 2010, "MSHA chief Joseph Main told a Senate hearing that his agency may start going to court to close mines that repeatedly violate health and safety rules" (pg 1). If this is not just political rhetoric and is backed by firm action, safety in mines may improve. Just because the head of federal mine safety publicly criticized the owner of the Massey coal mine where an explosion killed 29 people in early April, does not mean appropriate action will be taken. However, it is a step in the right direction. Because the verbal says, "the government may crack down on mine operators who are chronic lawbreakers,' insinuates that the regulators may not crack down on chronic lawbreakers' at all. Furthermore, the definition of a "chronic lawbreaker' is arbitrary and ambiguous. There is not any legislation on how many violations requires a mine being shut down. April 27th 2010 was an unprecedented day for Main said (according to the USA Today),"MSHA has never sought a court order to close a cofflaw mine' (Frank, Thomas, 2010 b). How Do Children Get Cerebral Palsy? Possession Child Pornography Law in Virginia & Best Evidence Rule Child Online Protection Act Online Profitable Jobs For Teenagers - How To Make More Money Online As Teens Upper East Side Braces - How Do I Care for My Child's Teeth Five Kids Bunk Beds with Top Rate Storage Options Children's Photography: Tips For Taking Group Photos Of Kids How Baby CPR Can Save Your Child`s Life Make Math Fun and Watch A Child Succeed The Benefits of Listing Your Kids' Activity Center in an Online Directory Child Protect, Missing Child, Mobile Spy, cell phone spy , missing child ,alcoholism, problem , drugs Problem Gifts For Christmas The Children Will Adore Five Motions To Perfecting Your Child's Pictures