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The Greens and their friends from other parties believe decarbonization is the solution to healing and stopping the „climate disaster”. We reject this apocalyptic scenario as a vision for our industrial policy, and we are for using lignite and hard coal in the energy industry as the basic source of energy – says Tino Chrupalla, […]

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Today Poland and Czechia are to restart their talks about Prague withdrawing its suit against Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the extension of the license for the open-pit mine in Turów. What are the reasons behind the dispute landing all the way at the CJEU? How does the […]

The so-called „Turów issue” has been dragging for a few years now. The Czechs have complained numerous times about feeling ignored and their postulates not being considered with enough attention. The interim measures imposed by the CJEU forced high-ranking officials from the Polish government to engage in the talks with Prague, inlcuding the Minister of […]

The recent statements made by the European Commission suggest that the current EUA prices are still too low, so for the EU to meet its ambitious reduction targets, they need to be higher. While it is common knowledge that the allowances prices will continue to climb, the pace of the increase should raise certain concerns […]

The Jagiellonian Instute commissioned a survey to find out what the miners expect from the government and what are their convictions, needs and fears. When asked when coal should be phased out is Silesia, the majority of miners replied that it should happen not later than in 20 years. Does this mean the miners would […]

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) is not planning to shut down the power units at the Turów Power Plant, despite the ruling made by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Is it probable that the Turów Power Plant will have to import lignite from Czechia and Germany? An initial agreement with the Czech Republic may bring […]

Recently Kantar Public conducted a Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey  [1] among miners. The results exposed a never-before-seen level of dissatisfaction among that professional group. The picture painted employees in a trap, afraid of the future and layoffs, but adamant at sticking to their current job, because it is the best (or even the only) […]