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Discuss environmental and economic problems associated with coal production.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Economic Geography

Coal is a bulky, low-value, high-ash mineral concentrating extraction damage on the coalfield while externalising combustion cost globally — India produced a record 1047.5 million tonnes in 2024-25 (Ministry of Coal), supplying 72% of power generation.

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  • Land Scarification, Subsidence and Mine Fires
  • Water, Air and Climate Loading
  • Weber's Weight-Loss Logic and Rising Cost per Tonne
  • Stranded Assets, Mono-Economy and the Just Transition

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