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Coal supplies 23% of the world's energy but also carries significant environmental and health risks. Mining coal can spread diseases and methane produced from coal contributes much more to global warming than carbon dioxide. Coal combustion also releases uranium and thorium into the air and water, with 67 documented cases of groundwater pollution from coal in 2007.
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- 1. Coal supplies 23% of the world’s energy Mining carries along tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever Methane produced from coal, is 23 more times likely to contribute to global warming than carbon dioxide In 2007- 67 cases of damage to ground or surface water occurred from coal combustion. When coal is burnt it contains 10 times the normal levels of Uranium and Thorium. Jon Tessman
- 2. A Fan is not going to blow this away! References • "Environmental Impacts of Coal." - SourceWatch. Center for Media and Democracy Control, Dec. 2012. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. • "Coal Mining & the Environment." Mine Rehabilitation, Mine Reclamation. WCA Publications, 2013. Web. 28 Apr. 2013. • Donoghue, A. M. "Occupational Health Hazards in Mining: An Overview." Occupational Medicine, Apr. 2004. Web. Apr. 2013. • Shuster, Michele, Janet Vigna, Gunjan Sinha, and Matthew Tontonoz. Biology For a Changing World. New York: W.H. Freeman and, 2012. Print. • Image: http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ebf97479c/images/Lan d_LS_2610_27-2.jpg