Wales fears another Aberfan as Westminster refuses to clean up tips https://t.co/15ntKGYEdN
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) December 26, 2023
The issue of what to do about Wales’s 2,500 disused coal tips is back on the political agenda after the Labour-led Welsh government published maps pinpointing 350 situated close to homes and communities that it fears could put people at risk in the event of a landslip.The Plaid Cymru Senedd member for South Wales East, Delyth Jewell, who speaks for the party on energy and the environment, said extreme weather caused by the climate emergency was making the tips more unstable.She said: “Whilst the profits from this black gold overwhelmingly were shipped away from Wales, our communities were left with the dust that choked miners’ lungs, and the waste that littered the landscape. Responsibility for this clean-up should squarely rest on Westminster’s shoulders. This is far more than a safety issue: it is a matter of historical, social and climate justice.”
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Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide https://t.co/LTClN3A89q
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 21, 2023
