Tragic Irony in Chinese Mine Flooding By Joe Romm on Aug 25, 2007 at 5:51 pm The Chinese link their recent record flooding to global warming. China’s coal use has made it the world’s top CO2 polluter. “Flooding set off by torrential rains trapped 172 men deep underground in a coal mine in eastern China.” ‘Nuff said. Previous in TP Climate Progress Next in TP Climate Progress Comments are closed. (0)