Yup. As I wrote on another string, good underground coal seams that are relatively cheap to mine using people may be running out, but there is a pile of coal left in the ground from which methane can be extracted or which is amenable to in-situ gasification. And unless carbon missions are capped, it's going to be.

Aw shucks ...  that's nothin. If you want to see some ground water pollution with a punch check this out. If you live close to one of these operations in Texas and drink well water you don't have to worry about buying halloween costumes for your kids because they'll glow in the dark.
Just stick a couple of antennae on their head and give them a ray gun so they'll resemble aliens. But to their credit the TCEQ is working on a solution. An exemption for the polluters. Ain't that grand? Even the thieves in Texas are the biggest in and state sponsored to boot.
The sad thing is that the Texas TCEQ is just like the Oklahoma Mafia and won't warn the surrounding citizens about this problem.
Why? Simple. This is oil country folks. Protect your local economy from law suits at all costs even if it means sacrificing a few kids.
But really .... the Texas negligence with the in situ uranium mining pales in comparison to what Oklahoma ...Texas ..... Kansas .... and most of the other oil producing states have done and continue to do to our aquifers today .... As we speak ..... and when I show the world about it and the damaged lives and property they will be like David Duncan says ....."Heart Broken for Life" it's incredible beyond belief. Far more devastating than Bush's bombing of the Iraqi water plants. And it's right here at home folks.