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Aberthaw: Imagining healthy futures through one man’s love for the area.

14th November 2019 By coalaction

Aberthaw power station is closing in March 2020. As yet there is no certainty about what happens next. While a consultation process has been announced with workers, nothing has been said publicly about the restoration of the site. Just transition rightly include the lives of workers in the industry, but alongside that, there is also […]

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Aberthaw’s closing: A massive victory against climate catastrophe and air pollution

18th October 2019 By coalaction

RWE announced in August that its Aberthaw power station will close in March 2020. This is a vital step forward in the battle against unsustainable power and air pollution. Aberthaw power station was allowed to break EU air quality standards. Between 2008 and 2011 it released double the amount of nitrogen dioxide permitted. The UK […]

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Coal Action Network joins requests for Whitehaven mine to be called in

2nd October 2019 By coalaction

West Cumbria Mining have been granted planning permission for the on land section of a coking coal mine which would reach under the Irish sea. Lead by Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole and South Lakes Action on Climate Change – towards transition, a number of campaign groups and the local MP, Mr Farron, have […]

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Earth First! Takes on Coal Mining in the North East of England

19th August 2019 By coalaction

This is a reprint of the Earth First! press release: Activists under the banner of Earth First! Take on Coal Mining in the North East of England Two Coal Mines Shut Down In the early hours of this morning, activists from the North East, around the UK and abroad entered and occupied machinery in Field […]

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Pont Valley at Durham Miners Gala: A Grand Day Out

30th July 2019 By coalaction

Guest Author: June Davison from Campaign to Protect Pont Valley On Saturday 13 July we paid our second visit to the Durham Miner’s Gala. Again, the weather was good to us, at least in the morning. On route to the field we boogied to crazy 70s and 80s favourites performed by Brandon’s brass band. As […]

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Still no decision from the Secretary of State

24th June 2019 By coalaction

James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, has failed to deliver with a decision regarding the future of two places in the North East of England affected by Banks Groups opencast coal extractions. A decision was promised to the community trying to stop an opencast at Druridge Bay (Highthorn) on the […]

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