This article reviews evidence for the public health impacts of coal across the extraction,
processing, use, and waste disposal continuum. Surface coal mining and processing …

Access to electricity has a positive effect on the health and well-being of people worldwide.
However, the use of coal to generate energy has negative health consequences. There is …

Abstract In the United States, coal consumption in the last 12 years has declined from
1,045,140 million short tons in 2007 to 539,420 million short tons in 2019, a decrease of …

Residential coal consumption has decreased significantly since 1990 in most developed
and developing countries, due to fuel switching. However, there are still countries with a …

Attempts to secure more energy, food, and infrastructure leave a trail of environmental
contamination and human health hazards. Coal is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable energy …

Each year China burns as much coal as the rest of the world. The coal use results in many
benefits such as electricity, industrial heat, coke for steel manufacturing, and many valuable …

Objective Nearly all China's rural residents and a shrinking fraction of urban residents use
solid fuels (biomass and coal) for household cooking and/or heating. Consequently, global …

** BACKGROUND** In North Carolina, coal-burning power plants remain the major source
of electrical production. Coal burning generates coal ash that is stored in landfills and slurry …

Coal will be a dominant energy source in both developed and developing countries for at
least the first half of the 21st century. Environmental problems associated with coal, before …

Coal mine fires are insidious, persistent, and as widespread as the occurrence of coal itself,
yet their potential adverse human health impacts have been poorly characterised. We aimed …