1. Coal Mining and the Environment
The coal industry has given rise to many environmental issues such as adverse effects on the air, land and water quality of the surrounding areas of the mines and continues to affect global environment as a whole. The damaging effects coal burning on the environment causes many premature deaths worldwide. In 1999 World Health Organization reported that deaths caused by fossil fuels emissions caused 3 million premature deaths, about 8000 per day. ... Thus it is clear that China would have the biggest impact on the environment due to its large scale coal production. ... Steps should be taken to ...
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