Pollution and Coal Mining in India – The New York Times

Climate Change and Coal Mining in India

As the international community discusses climate change in Paris, an Indian photographer looks at his country’s reliance on coal to fuel both industry and the economy.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/pollution-and-coal-mining-in-india/

Within hours of his arrival in Jharia, a remote corner of India’s Jharkhand State, Souvid Datta’s eyes teared up and his lungs burned. Swirling clouds of coal dust and toxic fumes from dozens of fires ablaze in open seams made him dizzy. Jharia is in the main coal belt in the region that supplies the highest-quality coal fueling India’s rapid economic expansion.