Its the politics of environmentalism.
Doubt it. The closure of Riccall means that more lignite (worse to the enviroment) will be imported from Eastern Europe.
Or more open-cast pits in the U.K
If UKCoal cared about the enviroment, they'd be opening pits in the Neath area (Anthracite=less damaging to enviroment).
The truely stupid thing about the Riccall closure is the price of coal has soared recently...
Well.. if the mine is profitable I'm sure Fat Cats would tend to want to keep it open, and make more money. If its not profitable, who could keep it open, fat cat or not?
