other size(s): 800

    COTTBUS, GERMANY - MARCH 20: Giant excavators extract lignite coal at the Jaenschwalde open-pit coal mine March 20, 2007 near Jaenschwalde, Germany. Though Germany has been among Europe's biggest proponents of CO2 emissions reductions, it remains heavily dependant on coal for its energy needs. The mine is run by the Swedish energy suppllier Vattenfall. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)