The Czech government wants to sideline restrictions coal mining in North Bohemia and push ahead with destructive new projects. If they succeed, the two small cities of Horní Jiřetín and Černice will be destroyed. Since the 1960s destroyed almost 80 towns in North Bohemia have been destroyed because of coal mining.
In 1992, the Czech government established restrictions on coal mining, and promised that they would never repeal them. Since then, the minister of market and industry Jan Mládek opened the discussion of restrictions, and plans to overcome them.
His energy program is based on the expansion of coal mining and support for nuclear energy. Hnutí Duha/Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, Greenpeace and the Czech Green party are organising a day of anti-coal action on 11th July. In 22 cities we want to express solidarity with people who could lose their homes because of coal mining.
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If you want to express solidarity too, you could take a photo of yourself (or a group) with short description “Limity jsme my in” + the name of the city where you are now. (“Limity jsme my” means “we are the limits”) and put it on Facebook or Twitter with hashtag #LimityJsmeMy. Also you could send it to kubala.radek@centrum.cz – thank you very much.
Suggestions for social media posts:
#LimityJsmeMy in (city). Solidarity with Horní Jiřetín and Černice.
Limity jsme my in (city).
http://www.foeeurope.org/yfoee/czech-coal-solidarity-action