War is taking a toll on Russian coal
by editors@theworld.org (Levi Bridges) from The World: Latest Stories on (#75HZD)
The Siberian region known as the Kuzbass is right in the heart of Russia's coal country, and pollution from open mines there has gone ignored by authorities, despite a high rate of respiratory illness and lung cancer. Now, the war seems to be posing a greater threat to coal than years of demands from environmentalists. Reporter Levi Bridges explains.