Coal | Uses, Types, Pollution, Facts | Britannica
Dec. 2, 2023, 5:42 AM ET (AP) US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate coal, one of the most important primary fossil fuels, a solid carbon rich material that is usually brown or black and most often occurs in stratified sedimentary deposits. coal deposits Location of the mostimportant coal occurrences on Earth.