Well, Europe isn't exactly saintly, unfortunately. Germany is literally tearing down entire towns to make way for lignite ("brown coal") mining: https://www.n

Well, Europe isn't exactly saintly, unfortunately. Germany is literally tearing down entire towns to make way for lignite ("brown coal") mining: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/06/635911260/germany-turns-to-brown-coal-to-fill-its-energy-gap https://www.npr.org/2018/08/06/635911260/germany-turns-to-br... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_surface_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_surface_mine "Nearly 50 villages in this region have been evacuated and destroyed for the ever-expanding mines, and Winzen's village of Keyenberg — more than a thousand years old — is set to be next.": https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010956116/a-coal-mining-monster-is-threatening-to-swallow-a-small-town-in-germany https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010956116/a-coal-mining-mons... Just as an aside, apparently the company doing this, RWE, was the #1 producer of CO2 emissions in Europe in 2018 ( https://archive.is/Qe9KJ https://archive.is/Qe9KJ ). All I can say is, the sooner renewable energy takes over, the better.