Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Part V: Coal Poisons the Environment and Fuels a Criminal Economy

Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Part V: Coal Poisons the Environment and Fuels a Criminal Economy

Coal-fired power plant at Ugljevik. Author’s photo. Editors’ note: This article is published in a six-part series. You can read the entire series here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 6. On my way to Majevica, I stopped for the night in Ugljevik, to the northeast of Lopare. The name Ugljevik is derived from “ugalj,” the local word for coal. The first thing that struck me was the smell of sulfur in the air. The post Grassroots Resistance…