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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to coal.

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non- +‎ coal

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Examples

  • Massey said it performed an analysis of gas emissions near the area where the explosion probably occurred and found that their chemical makeup was closer to natural gas from noncoal sources than the gas that comes from coal seams.

    Massey Cites Evidence That Blast Was a Natural Event Kris Maher 2010

  • Buried in the fine print of the program was a clause that said Interior could disperse money for noncoal mines once work on all the Navajo coal mines was complete.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • Among them: Giving noncoal power sources priority access to the increasingly overburdened grid.

    Playing the Nuclear Card David Winning 2010

  • But CLP ' s Mr. Brandler, for one, is confident that his company ' s noncoal investments will be profitable.

    Playing the Nuclear Card David Winning 2010

  • The existing fund, which is based on a tax on coal production, is not intended to address the major cleanup requirements arising from abandoned non-coal mines nor are sufficient funds available to meet noncoal needs.

    Npr Report On Department Of Interior Part ITY National Archives 1994

  • The existing fund, which is based on a tax on coal production, is not intended to address the major cleanup requirements arising from abandoned non-coal mines nor are sufficient funds available to meet noncoal needs.

    Npr Report On Department Of Interior Part ITY National Archives 1993

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