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...
No coal is environmentally friendly. I hope the government encourages UK Coal to close the plant - make them maintain wind turbines instead.
