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Wednesday, 09 June 2010
 Danish DONG and Swedish Vattenfall get a large amount of the coal for their power plants from one Colombian mine, the Cerrejón mine. This video report shows how Danish coal consumption is contributing to negative consequences for the people living in the area.
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Friday, 12 February 2010
 Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen (V) had to to plead ignorance on many of the questions posed by the members of the Energy Policy Committee at the open consultation, concerning DONG’s involvement with the Cerrejón mine in Colombia.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
A large amount of the coal that ends up in DONG's and Vattenfall's power plants comes from a single mine in Colombia. In 2008, the Cerrejón mine covered 27 per cent - corresponding to two million tons - of Denmark's total coal consumption. The report documents some of the mine's negative consequences for health and life quality amongst mine workers and the population in the surrounding areas.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
 Mine workers become disabled, and neighbours are slowly suffocated by pollution. Despite a promise from 2006, DONG has never checked the mine that supplies one-fourth of Denmark's coal, while Vattenfall calls it ”world class”.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
 Three coal mine workers tell about the afflictions that they believe
they have contracted due to the work in the mine. They are all
disappointed with the mining company's treatment.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
This article is only available in Danish.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
This article is only available in Danish.
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