In an order issued on Monday 20 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered Poland to pay a daily penalty of €500,000 to the European Commission for refusing to cease lignite extraction activities in the Turów coal mine on the border with the Czech Republic.
Fearing that the continued operation of the mine would have negative effects on the level of groundwater on its territory, the Czech Republic took its case against Poland to the CJEU at the end of February...