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Poland relies on coal exports amid grim Katowice pollutions
In Katowice and Bytom, Poland, miners toil six days a week and face dangerous tremors and severe air pollution. Authorities boosted miner salaries and enforce Saturday work to prop up a strained economy and $25 billion debt. Bytom residents report cracked buildings, shuttered gardens, and fear of further collapses as mining continues.
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Poland
Katowice
Silesia
Bytom
Pavel Spyra
Spyra
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Czeslaw Paszkowski
Czeslaw Piotrowski
Solidarity
Wujek
Zbigniew Szalajda