Discusses the drawbacks of coal production and usage in the United States and throughout the world, describes three scenarios that play out different choices that respond to the decline in available energy sources, and explains how coal impacts climate change.
Explains what a world commodities is; examines how coal is mined, processed, and traded; and discusses political, environmental, and social issues related to the coal industry.
Examines the dangers behind President George W. Bush's assertion that coal holds the key to America's economic future, discussing the economic challenges America faces and the factors that will lead to a dangerous reliance on coal as an energy source.
Traces the history of coal, discussing how it has been used in different cultures, how it is mined, what negative effects it has had on people, economics, and the environment, and the role it has played in world history and development.
Traces the history of coal, discussing how it has been used in different cultures, how it is mined, what negative effects it has had on people, economics, and the environment, and the role it has played in world history and development.
Provides an overview of coal power, discussing how dependent the world is on coal, how it threatens the environment, and how it might change in the future.
