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    Association of Polish Farmers welcomes European Parliaments concerns about new coal

    mine in the region of Wielkopolska

    Brussels, 8 September 2016 The Association of Polish Farmers Nasz Dom welcomes todays decision
    by the European Parliament to express its concern to the Polish government over plans for a new lignite
    mine and power plant.
    The mine and plant, planned for Polands Wielkopolska region, would cause irreversible environmental,
    economic, agricultural and social damage.
    The European Parliaments Petitions Committees letter to the Polish government will highlight these
    risks and ask for clarifications on the authorisation procedure.
    Commenting on the debate, Sylwia Mackowiak, a head of Nasz Dom, said: This coal mine would have
    dramatic consequences on the water supply, quality of soil, pollution and overall quality of life of
    residents and workers and would put the regions entire rural economy at risk. We welcome the strong
    and renewed interest of the European Parliaments Petitions Committee and its warm support to local
    populations. (See our infographic attached)
    A recent report by the WWF European Policy Office, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL),
    Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag, Europes dark cloud: How coal-burning countries
    make their neighbours sick, echoes these fears and reveals that in 2013 Polish plants were responsible
    for 5,830 premature deaths, including 4,690 premature deaths abroad.
    Supporting the Association, WWF Energy Policer Darek Urbaniak confirmed that a new coal mine in
    the region of Wielkopolska would further contribute to the detrimental impacts caused by coal plants
    emissions and result in massive air and water pollution, destroy land and cause significant
    environmental and social damage to communities, including health impacts.
    In parallel with local activities, Nasz Dom has turned to European decision-makers to help protect
    Polish farmers livelihoods, environment, and their long heritage of local agricultural production.
    Against this backdrop, the Polish authorities continue to promote high-polluting and environmentallydamaging activities at the expense of local people and economies as well as citizens health, and ZE
    PAK Plc (PAK) the second largest producer of lignite generated electricity in Poland is continuing
    with the exploratory digs.
    ***
    Contact details:
    Agata Potarzycka, [email protected], +48 518 806 027
    Vanessa Chesnot, [email protected], +32 475 79 12 33
    Notes to the editors:

    Nasz Dom (Our Home) is an association established as a grass-roots initiative of the residents
    concerned about the plans to build an opencast mine in South Wielkopolska. It already involves
    5000 members.
    Nasz Dom initiated numerous protests and actions about threats that the mine may cause to
    the natural environment. The biggest protests were organised on 27 January 2015, when over
    3500 residents and 500 tractors demonstrated against the construction of the open-pit mine in
    Wielkopolska.
    Nasz Dom is supported by the Association of Production Companies Przedsibiorczo dla
    Ekologii representing the leading Polish agriculture, dairy, meat companies and horticulture,
    as well as agricultural machinery distributors and regional agricultural services.
    Farmers, residents and local food producers in the region of Wielkopolska have joined forced
    to combat the construction of the coal mine.
    A second petition was submitted by the Association of Production Companies to the European
    Parliament on 24 February 2015 and was declared admissible.

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