The sale of PPC’s lignite assets has failed

Anargyroi, Greece, March 17, 2019: The Mayor and residents past and present of Anargyroi, a village in the northern part of Western Macedonia, Greece, show the destruction a coal mine has brought to their once vibrant town. On June 10th, 2017, a huge landslide caused by the nearby open pit lignite mine damaged local houses, and in some places caused the land to drop by up to a metre. The damage to houses, roads and infrastructure, to mining equipment, and the costs of evacuation totalled roughly EUR1 billion. The risk of a landslide was well known since 2007. Anargyroi residents have been asking for relocation due to the mine’s expansion since late 1990s. Greg McNevin / Europe Beyond Coal

Opinion article by Nikos Mantzaris analyzing the reasons why public interest is served by the cancellation of the lignite sale in Greece.

The article titled “The sale of PPC’s lignite assets has failed” was published in Greek in Capital.gr on May 31, 2019.

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31/05/2019
Articles / Opinions, Climate Change & Energy