A conveyor belt that takes coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a road head for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. As well as the disastrous climate change consequences of continuing to mine and burn coal, living close to

A conveyor belt that takes coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a road head for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK As well as the disastrous climate change consequences of continuing to mine and burn coal, living close to open cast coal mines has a huge negative affect on peoples health Rates of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease are up to 5 times the national average as well as vastly increased risk of asthma, hypertension, hypothyroidism and cancer. (Photo by Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)