4th+grade+coal!

[|National Geographic Page on Coal] Not particularly deep analysis, but better than what coal companies provide

[|Michigan Tech Presentation on Oil and Coal - Page 1] [|Michigan Tech Presentation on Oil and Coal - Page 2] [|Michigan Tech Presentation on Oil and Coal - Page 3] These three pages come from an MTU presentation on oil and coal. They do a good job of distilling a lot of important information.

http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-electricity/ I'm not a particular fan of taking information from the industry, but they produce such a large fraction of the information that's out there that I feel obliged to represent them.

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/how-coal-works.html A long article, but it is well-done.

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/coalvswind/c02c.html A good review of the pollution generated by coal burning.