(CNN) Poland will have to pay a €500,000 ($586,000) fine for each day it continues extracting coal at an open-pit mine near the Czech and German borders, Europe's top court ruled Monday. The European Commission ordered Poland to stop operations at the Turów lignite mine in May following a lawsuit launched by the Czech Republic. Turów supplies power to around 2.3 million Polish households, according to PGE, the state-controlled company that runs the mine. The Turów mine is located in a tiny, appendix-like tip of Poland, right at the border with Germany and the Czech Republic. The two countries have been campaigning to have the mine shut over environmental concerns -- even though they also use coal for power.

Source: CNN September 20, 2021 17:03 UTC