Coal region welcomes govt strategy for phasing out coal

Šoštanj/Velenje/Ljubljana, 14 January - The Šalek Valley, the only active coal region in the country, home to the TEŠ coal-fired power station and a coal mine, welcomed on Friday the government's strategy to phase out coal for electricity production by 2033. The Šoštanj municipality said the region now faced the challenge of phasing out coal in a just way that will not harm the people.

Velenje
The town of Velenje in the north-east of Slovenia.
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