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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Don Kent, local residenty:  We are facing a real emergency on climate change and we have signed up to the Paris agreement and this part of a climate dissaster. This is the last gasp by Banks making some money out of burning dirty coal. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, Unietd Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • The site and landscape to be mined. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Banner and placard making in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham, 4 May 2018. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A game of chess at the day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Two newt protectors. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Mel Stewart, local resident:  We have been fighting this for thirty years and it isnt over yet. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Newt face paint. Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Day of protest in Pont Valley against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A constant security pressence guard the developing building site, outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 , County Durham, United Kingdom. Many locals have complained about tactics of intimidation and excessive use of force during the eviction in May. Day of protest in Pont Valley, 5 May 2018 against the extraction of coal by the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, County Durham. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sunset in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A small camp of two tents occupy the curb by the mining site, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom.  Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Life  in the protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham,United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sun setting in Pont Valley ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham,United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A protest poster in a Dipton community, 4 May 2018, Pont Valley, County Durham,United Kingdom.  Protest posters. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Sunset in Dipton, Pont Valley, 4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overruled that decision and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to prevent the mining from going ahead. The mining will have huge implications on the local environment and further coal extraction runs agains the Paris climate agreement. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • Pont Valley Protector camp ahead of the the day of protest against the mining company Banks outside Dipton in Pont Valley,  4 May 2018, County Durham, United Kingdom. Locals have fought the open cast coal mine for thirty years and three times the local council rejected planning permissions but central government has overuled that decission and the company Banks was granted the license and rights to extract coal in early 2018. Locals have teamed up with climate campaigners and together they try to pevent the mining from going ahead. A rare species of crested newt is said to live on the land planned for mining and protectors are trying to stop the mine to save the newt.
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  • A man shovels coal while standing on the top of a truck at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • People move past coal transfer and storage units at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner rides a lift up to exit the mine shaft after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • Miners line up to enter the shaft and begin their shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner uses his locker after finishing his shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner walks out after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A man stands in an empty lot marked with truck tracks at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A miner walks out after using a retina scan to confirm indignity after a shift at a coal mine and processing facility in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping.
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  • A woman walks past the gates of a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • A man stands on a street with row of buildings, mostly empty, in a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • A man rides his scooter past the gates of a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • Row of buildings, mostly empty, stands in a baijiu liquor distillery city, made in imitation of a traditional Chinese city,  in Liulin, Shanxi province, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Shanxi is facing a challenge shared by a sweeping region across Chinas industrial north: how to shut down cash-burning mines that employ millions of people whose prospects are uncertain in the new economy promised by President Xi Jinping. New business ventures like the distillery city, funded by coal money with grandiose hopes and expectations, often prove too ambitious and unrealistic.
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  • Under the banner, in Welsh and English, No More Coal the activists head towards the mine. Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Under the banner, in Welsh and English, No More Coal the activists head towards the mine.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. A couple of vehicles with employees make sure everyone are safe in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Climate activists heading towards the mine with a a red Welsh dragon. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Deep in the mine watched by engineers but otherwise unchallenged the activists congregrate. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A football match on the go in the middle of the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The iconic Red Line inflateable cobble stones fly through the air in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A red Welsh dragon with red smoke in the mine. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Hundreds of activists dressed in red form a Red Line in the mine to symbolise the red line made in Paris at the COP21. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity.The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The activists go unchallenged by employees of the mine, security and police.  The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Hand in hand the activists form a line and head towards the mine.  The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • . Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. A man in red stares at the black and bleak landscape in front of him in the mine The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. Unchallenged by security the activists enter the mine which is not in operation and empty for any other activity and set up banners and form a symbolic red line in the black sand. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. As rain set in the symbolic red umbrellas came in handy as shelter. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. As rain set in the symbolic red umbrellas came in handy as shelter. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. The group Reclaim the Power had set up camp near by and had over three days prepared the action and up to 300 activists all dressed in red went into the mine in the early morning. The activist were plit in three groups and carried various props signifying the red line in the sand, initially drawn in Paris at the COP21. The mine is one of the largest open cast coal mines in the UK and is run by Miller Argent who have to date extracted 5million tons of coal. The activists entered the mine unchallenged by any security or police and the protest went on peacefully till mid afternoon with no arrests made.  Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the local environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. An activist in red stands in the black mine under a red umbrella in the rain. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Hundreds of environmental activists stopping the open cast coal mine Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from operating May 3rd 2016. An activist gets his red line painted across his face ahead of the action. The activists from Reclaim the Power wants the mine shut down and a moratorium on all future open coal mining in Wales. Open coal mining is hugely damaging to the environment and  contributing to global climate change.
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  • Landscape of Tonypandy Town lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley, South Wales, UK. It is a former industrial coal mining town, best known as the site of the Tonypandy riots in 1910.
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  • A coal delivery man deposits chunks of brown coal into the cellar via a conveyor belt for an elderly lady who stands outside in the bitter cold wearing only a housecoat this grim day. Her slippers can be seen standing among fallen briquettes that have dropped on to the wet cobbled street as the man oversees the delivery from a truck that has backed on to the pavement near a junction. A passing Trabant car rattles up the hill past a mother who pauses to ensure a safe crossing for her baby. Aue is a mining town in the Ore Mountains known for its copper, titanium, and kaolinite. The town was a machine-building and cutlery manufacturing centre in the East German era with a population of roughly 18,000 inhabitants. It was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony and part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008..
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  • Months after the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the communist GDR state German Democratic Republic, a brown coal delivery man stops to shovel his polluting fossil fuel into local cellars, on 15th June 1990, in Aue, Saxony. Aue is a mining town in the Ore Mountains known for its copper, titanium, and kaolinite. The town was a machine-building and cutlery manufacturing centre in the East German era with a population of roughly 18,000 inhabitants. It was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony and part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008.
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  • Construction of Hongsa Power Co. Ltd, a joint venture US$3.7 billion, 1.878 MW lignite-fired power plant in Hongsa district, Sayabouly province, Lao PDR. The business is a lignite mining and electricity generation facilities on a 70 square km, more than 300 km from Vientiane capital yet only 35 km from Nan province, Thailand. The power plant will have 3 units, 626 MW each, and it is expected to start commercial operation by 2015 and will produce electricity for export to Thailand.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A view of the hazy city skyline at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • Traffic moves through thick haze in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man rides his motorbike through thick haze near a coking factory in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A dog walks past a wall mural showing a beautiful Chinese landscape in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Linfen is one of the most polluted cities in the world as it turns readily available coal from the surrounding regions into coke that powers the steel mills.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A truck and a motorcycle are barely visible through the thick haze near a coking factory in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory - coal firing power station complex belches exhaust into the air in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man walks along a cat walk at a coking factory as it discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A coking factory discharges a plume of exhaust in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A person rides a motorcycle through thick haze in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Linfen is one of the most polluted cities in the world as it turns readily available coal from the surrounding regions into coke that powers the steel mills.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man drives his tractor past a coking factory at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man drives his tractor past a coking factory at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man rides his motorcycle past a coking factory at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man rides his motorcycle past a coking factory at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009. Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A man rides his motorcycle past a coking factory at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • A view of the hazy city skyline at sunrise in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China on Thursday, 03 December, 2009.  Due to the heavy presence of coal mines and related industries, Linfen was named the world's most polluted city from 2004-2007.
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  • Mothers sit with their babies in pushchairs on park benches in the Silesian industrial town of Zabrze. A mining town known formerly as Hindenburg until 1945, under Stalinist thought, miners were considered a “working class elite” and were rewarded with higher wages and better social benefits but after communism, Zabrze has a high rate among mother of Ovarian Cancer because of the pollution, caused by the large concentration of industry, the triangle of land between Zabrze, Chorzów, and Bytom has locally been known as 'death triangle'. Since the collapse of communism in 1989, the environmental situation has steadily been improving due the restructuring of the Silesian industry although more than 250,000 jobs have been lost in coal mining since the reintroduction of capitalism. At the same time, enterprises are enjoying enormous profits.
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  • With the companionship of a pet dog, an elderly gentleman reminisces about the good old days with a life-long buddy at Alexandra Terrace, in the south Wales town of Abertillery (Welsh: Abertyleri). Together they lean against a stone wall of a road above and look down the hill of their street they may have lived all their lives. In the distance, a younger generation of young girls play at the far end. The men might once have been working men, old coal miners like many folk in this community whose  population rose steeply during the period of (now defunct) mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in 1891 and 21,945 ten years later. Lying in the mountainous mining district of the former counties of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, in the valley of the Ebbw Fach..
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  • View from Titterstone Clee Hill looking towards Brown Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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