It's the carbon-energy footprint, destructive mining, diminishing supplies of clean water and exploitative labor practices -- all of which are now threatening Meghalaya, by the way.

顺便说一下，是碳足迹、破坏性的矿产开采，清洁水供给的减少以及劳工剥削行径——是这一切在威胁着梅加拉亚。

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Environmentalists who oppose coal mining and coal energy of any kind worry that sequestration could simply trade one problem, global warming, for another one, the pollution of water supplies.

反对任何形式的煤矿和煤炭能量的环境保护主义者们担心这项深埋技术解决了全球变暖的问题，但却又带来了水资源污染的问题。

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Strip mining is efficient, but scars the land and bauxite processing releases a toxic red sludge that can seep into water supplies if not adequately contained.

露天开采(strip mining)很有效率，但会给大地留下伤疤，而且加工铝土的过程会释放有毒污染物，如果没有适当的控制，这些污染物会渗入水中。

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They carried supplies to the mining camps in huge wagon trains pulled by slow-moving oxen.

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This was further compounded by increasing costs for mining supplies and labor.

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Severe disruption to platinum group metal mining is expected to reduce supplies from South Africa by over 600, 000 oz.

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Based near Kuala Lumpur, the facility supplies castings to a number of industries, including mining and power.

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