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⁠ ‘The Very Fire They Sit Beside’⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Europe has a coal problem.⁠ ⁠ Germany gets around a third of its power from coal. Nine of Europe’s top ten biggest carbon emitters are coal-fired power plants. The continent’s biggest coal plant, Bełchatów, has the same annual carbon emissions as an entire country.⁠ ⁠ Coal is the single biggest contributor to climate change worldwide, yet there are still over 250 active coal power plants in Europe today.⁠ ⁠ A stone’s throw from some of Europe’s major tourist hotspots, historic villages are under threat of demolition and water, soil and air are compromised by heavy metal and chemical pollution. People are paying for coal with their health, their homes, their taxes - and their futures.⁠ ⁠ Photographer Dan Wilton journeyed across the continent, meeting the communities shaped by the coal industry and now bearing its legacy.⁠ ⁠ Photo and caption by: @danwilton⁠ #climatechange #coal #clientearth #theveryfiretheysitbeside