Climate: Coal mining
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Moving away from the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas has been a major talking point at the COP 26 climate conference. Two coal mine workers in the United States and Canada discuss their concerns for their jobs, families and businesses within their communities. They are unhappy that coal is being painted as the “evil thing” and that all will be better if you get rid of it. They tell us at the moment they are working six days a week and can’t get enough coal out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Nulem McGovern on the BBC World Service, |
| 0:03.3 | and this is BBC OS, Conversations on the Climate, |
| 0:07.4 | Call Mining. |
| 0:13.4 | I have some differing views to share with you today, |
| 0:16.4 | from two mining industry workers in the US and Canada, |
| 0:20.1 | on the case for continuing with co-use, |
| 0:22.9 | to professional ice and rock climbers |
| 0:24.8 | on the impact they are seeing from climate change |
| 0:27.2 | and extreme weather. |
| 0:28.9 | We lost up to 10 meters from some of our glaciers, |
| 0:31.9 | like vertical loss from the combination of really high heat |
| 0:35.9 | and the California and British Columbia forest fire ash |
| 0:40.0 | landing on our glaciers. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm recording this latest edition from Glasgow, Scotland, |
| 0:46.8 | where I have been at the COP26 climate conference. |
| 0:50.0 | And if you're wondering what's it like, |
| 0:52.0 | well, it's pretty big, there's 30,000 people here for a start, |
| 0:56.0 | and many are united in the demand for change. |
| 0:59.6 | One of the key calls for change this past fortnight |
| 1:02.4 | has been around getting countries to move away |
| 1:05.0 | from using fossil fuels, like coal, oil and gas. |
| 1:09.1 | But what if your job, your family and your community |
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