Sustainable Development of Coal Based Energy: Technology, Environment, Humanities, Economy, and Education

Dear Colleagues,

Coal-based energy is a reasonable indicator of economic health in some developed economies, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, etc., and especially in developing countries, such as China, India, etc. Sustainable developments of coal mining technologies, coal mining damage control, environment protection and energy humanities are still interesting topics playing a key role in energy safety and climate change, especially intelligent and green mining technologies, the protection and utilization of mine water resources, restoration of the ecological environment in mining area, reuse of abandoned mines, coal mine solid waste backfilling, greenhouse gas emission control, etc. For these reasons, we propose a wide-ranging topic that can be summarized as “Sustainable Development of Coal Based Energy: Technology, Environment, Humanities, Economy, and Education”. This highly interdisciplinary theme can, therefore, involve a wide scientific audience, from geologists to mining, environmental and management engineers, as well as economists and educationists.

Dr. Cun Zhang
Prof. Dr. Fangtian Wang
Dr. Shiqi Liu
Dr. Erhu Bai
Guest Editors

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