The real story of US coal: inside the world's biggest coalmine
Last week, an exhaustive UN report from the world’s top scientists warned of “severe, widespread and irreversible impacts” without dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Coal is also facing competition from cheap natural gas. Peabody had a very bad year in 2013, losing $525m (£328m) as global demand for coal flatlined.
But despite the promises from Obama and other world leaders the use of coal for energy rose again last year in America, Europe and in Asia - and so did the emissions that cause climate change.
Reality versus rhetoric.
We all know what the scientific data says, we all know why the idiocy continues.
If you like I will delete this, it's more of a heads up