Cancelling a proposed project causes lower employment in that region, thus affecting workers. Economic prosperity might not be an explicit human right, but lower employment causes suffering regardless.
As I stated before, in this case eliminating coal is more important than these considerations, but that doesn't mean we should ignore them entirely.
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What do you mean by this? It's a proposed mine, no workers are employed yet.
Cancelling a proposed project causes lower employment in that region, thus affecting workers. Economic prosperity might not be an explicit human right, but lower employment causes suffering regardless.
As I stated before, in this case eliminating coal is more important than these considerations, but that doesn't mean we should ignore them entirely.