Germany and Poland have a dirty big secret - an addiction to brown coal - reporter

In eastern Germany some members of a little-known group claim they are being ethnically cleansed, not by by militia groups, but by the coal mining industry. Bulldozers have so far destroyed over 130 Sorb villages to make way for the mining of Europe's dirtiest kind of fossil fuel - brown coal, or lignite as it is also known. Brown coal mines are open cast and devour vast tracts of land. As well as whole villages farming and wildlife are destroyed. The Penk family live in the village of Roh… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/01/ge... What are the top stories today? Click to watch:    • Top Stories   euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... euronews is available in 13 languages:    / euronewsnetwork   In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook:   / euronews   Twitter:   / euronews   Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews