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Here’s why I just helped to shut down Britain’s largest coal mine

Coal is dirty, dangerous and bad for our environment, argues Guy Shrubsole.

By Guy Shrubsole

A group of friends and I have just shut down England’s largest opencast coal mine. Production has ceased and no coal is leaving the mine.

Currently I’m locked onto a 500-tonne excavator, sitting in the middle of a pit that makes Mordor look like a Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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