Its not just the coal generator accidents but the weirdly long underground fires that rarely get a mention. Here's one article I found of a fire underneath some suburban houses: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-26/underground-fire-in-c... It casually mentions a decades-long struggle a primary school has had with an underground fire. Obviously not a very big deal for some folks.

I haven't read the actual study, but this write-up helped me understand the climate change denial phenomenon more clearly. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202012/...