World's biggest mine: Inside US coal

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Published 2014-11-10

Barack Obama’s pledge to cut carbon emissions has not stopped North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming. In fact, production is booming - and climate change is off the agenda. The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg gets a rare look inside the biggest coal mine in the world.

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All Comments (21)

@Catawbaindustrialspur 5 years ago

I came here to see the coal mine, not some climate change report
@tessawatkins3132 8 years ago

I thought I was going to get to see the mine .
@timfrench5461 3 years ago

I thought I’d see a big coal mine. Not a bunch of tree huggers crying
@danthewolf1997 8 years ago

I guess it's a rare look because you're so rude when they let you in
@nessybomber1581 8 years ago

"yeah, we've got uhh... stop! stop the tape!" lol
@stnicholas54 3 years ago

00.30 - that coal seam. Must be 70 or 80 feet thick ! Enormous amount of coal.
@richardthompson86 3 years ago

Did she say, " Just one ton of coal produces 3700 lbs of carbon dioxide"? How is that possible?
@larywest7341 3 years ago

F**k Carbon.... wanted to see about a coal mine!!
@jjpmgd 9 years ago

That lady said it doesn't put out more CO2 than trees that grow in the forest, how did she get a job! Trees take IN CO2, I think she needs to go back to school.
@scottmmafan925 3 years ago

"They're just doing it for their bottom line." Sort of like every other company in this country. There's no other industry that would be told not to make money, or to lose money because their product damages the environment.
@cliffstokes5726 3 years ago

Coal is still more friendly for the environment than battery production and the waste from battery's
@selkirk4life 3 years ago

1 ton of wood makes 5700lbs of carbon dioxide emissions. 2000lbs more than coal. This one stat raises more questions than answersb
@Zekespeaks 3 years ago

This video started with "gotcha" type questions, which is a disgusting tactic to drive a story line. The makers of this should be ashamed, but people who do this kind of "reporting" have no shame. They only have a political agenda.
@mountainmanwannabe9495 5 years ago

Were those scenes of the cows, the alleged farting cows that supposedly are contributing to "global warming?"
@zachb5508 7 years ago

Without coal this video wouldn't have ever even happened. From the car they used to drive them to NARM for the interviews all the way to the computer that was used to edit this video.
@cobrapatrol 3 years ago

Texas could use some coal plants right now.
@MrMinnesota99 3 years ago

2000 lbs of coal contains 3700 lbs of carbon? Must be using common core math...
@tehtapemonkey 7 years ago

Bet they're regretting giving them that exclusive access
@justmike2944 3 years ago

America needs to be energy independent and we were for four years . 2018 to 2021...
@DigzBig 7 years ago

You've got some impressive looking machinery on site.