4 die in coal mine accident in south Poland

STORY: 4 die in coal mine accident in south Poland SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of the Sobieski Mine 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Polish): MARCIN MASLAK, Spokesman for Tauron 3. various of the Sobieski Mine 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Polish): MARCIN MASLAK, Spokesman for Tauron 5. various of mine shaft 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Polish): MARCIN MASLAK, Spokesman for Tauron 7. various of Tauron company logo 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Polish): MARCIN MASLAK, Spokesman for Tauron 9. various of workers walking inside the mine complex STORYLINE: Four people died in a coal mine accident in the Silesia province in south Poland, the state mining authority (WUG) said on Tuesday. The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT) in the Sobieski coal mine at the level of 600 meters underground in Jaworzno of the Silesia province, when a six-person brigade was designated to flush the backfill pipeline, said Piotr Strzoda, a WUG dispatcher.

Abandoned quarry turned green in China's Qinling Mountains

STORY: Abandoned quarry turned green in China's Qinling Mountains DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 various of the abandoned quarry 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG BO, Qinling Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau, Xi'an City 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG BO, Qinling Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau, Xi'an City STORYLINE: The Qinling Mountains are a natural boundary between China's north and south. The Huangbaiyu Mining area in Xi'an was once the largest quarry in the north of the Qinling Mountains. Decades of mining had seriously affected the ecology. In recent years, as governments at various levels stepped up efforts to protect the environment, mining activities were banned in this area in 2018. Measures have been taken to backfill the mining pits and to increase vegetation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG BO, Qinling Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau, Xi'an City "By the end of December 2019, more than 520,0