The UN is currently having their Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen right now. The goal is to stabilize greenhouse gas, aka GHG. Leaders from all over the globe have made speeches and the program lasts for about a week.
If you are interested, here is the website for the conference: http://unfccc.int
In anticipation of this conference, MSNBC is featuring picture stories dealing with climate change in a few different countries.
It is true that we, the USA, are a reliant coal nation, if we only knew all the information about depending on this mineral. We mine coal in the Appalachian region of the US, but the gases that are emitted affect everyone .... carbon dioxide and methane, both greenhouse gases that are directly linked with global warming. These gases pollute the air as well as the waterways and into the land.
In India, the area where a majority of the coal is mined is called Jharia. The area is so poor that families steal the coal to make a few bucks for their families to live. Also, families live directly with in the most dangerous parts of these coal mines and fire with children using these areas as jungle gyms.
I am scared to see what type of health problems creep up in the next few years, not only in India but also in the US from these fumes.
Take a look for yourselves.
Burning coal deposits pollute lives in India
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34114624/ns/news-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
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