Killing coalfields
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Biggest toll since '42 powers search for clean coal technology
The worst coalmine accident in China since 1942, when 1,550 miners died in an explosion in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, has sparked a bureaucratic explosion that experts say will transform the industry. After 214 miners perished in the February 14 blast at the Sunjiawan Coal Mine in northeastern Liaoning province, Premier Wen Jiabao sacked a minister, and announced a new mine-safety tax and a massive program of immediate spending on safety and clean-coal technology - much of it to come from offshore ...
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