India village fears being swallowed by the earth
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 00:50
in Earth & Climate
Residents, who live above coal fires that steadily consume the ground under their feet, say they are being sacrificed to corporate interests.JHARIA, India — For nearly a century now, fires have burned beneath the ground where Mohammad Riyaz Ansari stands. At night, ghostly blue flares shoot from glowing rocks, like a terrible hell on Earth.