What are the child health and human capital consequences of India's large coal power expansion? Using variation in … local coal capacity within place across cohorts, I find that exposure to a median-sized coal plant at birth is associated … children living closer to coal plants. Changes in coal capacity do not predict changes in other child observables, or …

disposal continuum. Surface coal mining and processing impose public health risks on residential communities through air and …This article reviews evidence for the public health impacts of coal across the extraction, processing, use, and waste … metals per unit of energy than any other fuel source and impairs global public health. Coal ash disposal exposes communities …

protection and weakened union powers on long hours and non-standard work schedules that may adversely affect workers' health and …