Does Coal Have a Future?

... appears to have been sealed for good. Although coal has been used in Russia for centuries, industrial mining only truly took off in ... ... coal production plateau, while the current leaders (China and India) were only beginning their ascent. Since then, the West has ... ... gas grows cheaper due to the gradual increase in the number of LNG suppliers and improvements to the regasification infrastructure,... ... past 20 years). Coal is one of the major air pollutants in the European Union. It is no coincidence that almost all the most polluted ...