Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, the South West Township (Soweto) was one of several areas established early in the last century for blacks to live away from the white ruling minority. On the hills surrounding Soweto, the company that provides South Africaʹs electricity, Eskom, built a large, coal-burning, electricity-generating plant. The electricity was for white areas of Johannesburg, miles away from the plant. The residents of Soweto had no electrical connections.
-The major long-term global problem with using coal to generate electricity is the ________________.

A) sulfur dioxides released
B) environmental damage in the area around the mine
C) carbon dioxide released
D) water pollution
E) particulate and carbon monoxide pollution