In spite of the resolutions of Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP7), policy practitioners in many countries are currently obligated to react to perceived domestic environmental damages. Like few other sectors, utilities, especially, coal-based electricity generation is often identified...

Burning coal injects mainly CO2, NOx, SO2, CO and CH4 into the atmosphere and depletes atmospheric O2. These effluent gases interact with other atmospheric gases as well as with each other. There is the possibility that the global average air temperature may be increasing due to these chemical...