Coal is extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground by shaft mining, or at ground level by open pit mining, and its extraction and use are directly related to a number of adverse health and environmental consequences, including: • 2,800 deaths from lung cancer and black lung disease in … Continue reading →

What ‘war on coal’? The carbon fuel is doing fine Javier E. David    | @TeflonGeek CNBC.com 06/03/2014 If there’s a war on coal, someone may have forgotten to tell the primary target. As the Environmental Protection Agency unveils new standards on cutting carbon emissions at U.S. power plants, a confluence … Continue reading →