China's Coal Boom Making "Toxic Clouds So Big They Can Be Seen From Space"...
Times Of London:
A GREAT coal rush is under way across China on a scale not seen anywhere since the 19th century.
Its consequences have been detected half a world away in toxic clouds so big that they can seen from space, drifting across the Pacific to California laden with microscopic particles of chemicals that cause cancer and diseases of the heart and lung.




First Posted: 12-30-06 09:47 PM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM