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Government in activists’ sights over non-compliant coal mines

An assessment of water-use licences found gross violations by operators, as well as huge failures by the department of water and sanitation

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ENERGY SOURCE: German trader HMS Bergbau plans to invest more than €100m to begin output from a mine in southern Poland by 2018. Despite the EU’s bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce coal consumption, the country has vowed to keep all production open. Picture: REUTERS
ENERGY SOURCE: German trader HMS Bergbau plans to invest more than €100m to begin output from a mine in southern Poland by 2018. Despite the EU’s bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce coal consumption, the country has vowed to keep all production open. Picture: REUTERS

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