with consideration of subsidies elimination as a strategic coal industry priority, governmental grants volumes for this … economic activity are growing from year to year. While in 2003 Government cost covering support for coal industry equaled to 0 … although coal subsidies elimination process can be considered as a highly complicated and painful, due to resulting social …

considerable volume of reserves and the prospect of the future role of coal in world energy production …Given the in situ gasification technology (Underground Coal Gasification-UCG), as an alternative to coal consumption in …

greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, although climate policy should lead to the opposite effect. The coal market is of … special relevance as coal is available in many countries and often their first choice to meet energy demand. In this paper we … assess possible interactions between climate policies and the global steam coal market. Possible market adjustments between …

We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations … mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked … pollution data at the county-day level with the dates of accidents to show that on average, suspending coal mining reduces local …

, spending at least $63.9 billion per year on coal alone, the most polluting fossil fuel. They have also neglected to define or … production and consumption of coal (including coal-fired power), looking at fiscal support, public finance, and state …