WRG Video Anthology and Quiz

Coal Mining vs the Environment

After watching the Coal Mining vs the Environment video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The conflict between the Celtic mining company and local residents takes place in which country?

The United States

England

Germany

Wales

2. The protesters trying to stop the mining in Selar Woodlands are using what kinds of tactics?

Building tree-houses and walkways in the canopy and living in the trees.

Lying down in front of the bulldozers.

Writing letters to Parliament.

Holding pickets and street demonstrations in Cardiff.

3. What is the main reason some of the local people want the mine to be opened in Selar Woodlands?

They don't have any empathy for the natural environment.

They don't believe the mine will cause as much destruction as the protesters say it will.

They need the jobs the mine will bring because unemployment is high.

They feel that the mine will attract other kinds of development to their community.

4. Approximately how many jobs will be created by the open cast mine?

100

500

1,000

5. What does the narrator argue about the future of energy?

If the company is allowed to mine coal, the country will be energy self-sufficient for a long time.

If the company is not allowed to mine the coal, the country will have to become dependent on foreign oil.

Even if the company is allowed to mine the coal, renewable sources of energy have to be developed for the future.

Even if the company is allowed to mine the coal, the country will remain dependent on foreign oil.