Most Czechs against extended coal mining in north Bohemia

Most Czechs are against the possible lifting of environmental limits for brown coal mining in north Bohemia according to a poll conducted by the Centre for Public Opinion Research. According to the poll 66 percent of respondents said they approved of the set limits, eight percent would be in favour of extending coal mining to other localities in the region. If the set limits were lifted mining could take place in currently protected areas and two towns would have to give way to the enterprise. On the other hand the Mostecka Uhelna Mining Company has warned people in the region that unless this is done 8,000 miners could lose their jobs within the next decade.