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From the UK this time, yet more examples in the neverending story of "They get the coal, we get the hole."

It is characteristic that exploiting non-renewable resources is little more than a massive plundering of public assets for private profit, with the public left with cleaning up after the destruction. From Welsh coal mines to Canadian oil & gas development, the story is the same.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/fossil-fuel-toxic-legacy-coal-wales-mining

#corruption #ResourceDevelopment #Regulation #Environment #PublicPolicy

As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs

Across the UK, fossil fuel companies’ broken promises have left scarred and polluted landscapes, and no one held accountable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian