Bulgaria miners brace for shutdownAFP, STARA ZAGORA, BulgariaNikolay Dinev, 34, has worked as a coal miner for 12 years, but now faces an uncertain future as an EU-wide exit from coal is discussed at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The closure is inevitable,” Dinev told Agence France-Presse on the outskirts of the Maritsa East complex in central Bulgaria. Sheep graze in front of the Maritsa East II coal-powered plant in Kovachevo, Bulgaria, on Friday last week. Miners’ trade unions protested in the capital, Sofia, calling for the government to save the sector that employs about 30,000 people. The planned shutdown is likely to affect Bulgaria as a whole.

Source: Taipei Times November 04, 2021 22:10 UTC