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After getting sick of seeing big coal commercials criticizing the EPA every half hour, I filled out a answer on answers.com about why buring coal is bad:
Burning coal produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, which will eventually cause serious problems with sea level rise. Other pollutants include nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury and smoke particles. Coal mining is often done with mountain top removal, which destroys million year old ecosystems, wildlife and migratory bird habitat.

Another answer

Sea level rise is one threat for mankind. Many scientists think that feedback loops will accelerate sea level rist. One example is the melting arctic ice causing additional ocean warming and then more ice melting.
Another threat is more extreme droughts and floods. Look at the weather in the United States in the summer of 2012 for a preview of what could come.