''Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future'' is a book by
Jeff Goodell
Jeff Goodell is an American author of seven non-fiction books and a longtime contributing writer to ''Rolling Stone''. Goodell's writings are known for a focus on energy and environmental issues. He is Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a ...
which claims that
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
is one of America's largest and most influential
industries. Goodell suggests that coal mining is deadly and environmentally destructive.
See also
* ''
Burning the Future: Coal in America''
* ''
Green Illusions''
*
List of books about coal mining
Books and some articles relating to coal mining, especially historical.
Current conditions
* Burns, Daniel. ''The modern practice of coal mining'' (1907)
* Chirons, Nicholas P. ''Coal Age Handbook of Coal Surface Mining'' (1978)
* Hamilton, Micha ...
*
''Mountaintop Removal''
*
Fossil fuel phase-out
Fossil fuel phase-out is the proposed gradual global reduction of the use and production of fossil fuels to zero, to reduce air pollution, limit climate change, and strengthen energy independence. It is part of the ongoing renewable energy tra ...
References
External links
"Black Cloud" book review in ''
The New York Times Book Review
''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...
'' by
Corey S. Powell
Corey Stevenson Powell (born January 7, 1966) is an American science writer and journalist, particularly known for his writing for ''Discover'' magazine, of which he became Editor-in-Chief in 2012, and his longstanding collaboration with Bill Nye ...
, June 25, 2006
2006 non-fiction books
2006 in the environment
Energy policy of the United States
Books about coal in the United States
Works about the history of mining
Non-fiction books about mining
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