Also, the considerable volume of negative media comment at the...

Also, the considerable volume of negative media comment at the moment about coal mining can't be doing UCG any harm.

Heard a GP talking on radio this morning about respiratory problems in the Singleton NSW district, and laying it firmly at the feet of the local open-cut mine.

And see

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s2867659.htm

about tonight's Four Corners (ABC TV) on the "Dirty Business"
of coal mining.