Report suggests coal should not be extracted, burnt if ‘disastrous climate change’ is to be ...

Mining and energy companies must stop extracting and burning coal if disastrous climate change is to be avoided, a new report by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (Somo) stresses, though it questions what this transition will mean for communities and workers that depend on coal mining for their livelihoods. Additionally, the report seeks to discuss what the departure of mining and energy companies will mean for the victims of human rights violations that were allegedly perpetrated in and around coal mines and that remain unaddressed and unremedied.