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Europe’s last coal – a photo essay

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In Poland, 80,000 people still work in coalmines – the last in the European Union that is fully committed to the energy transition. Once active mines are being converted to other uses, and yet coal is being extracted at record rates worldwide, and with the Iran war pushing up oil and gas prices, some in Poland are asking whether it is worth completely phasing out this fossil fuelCoal dust is fine; it seeps into the pores of the skin. That is why a thin black line permanently traces the outline o

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