Druridge Bay Saved from Opencast Coal Mining!

Late on the 8^th September 2020, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government said that Banks Group will not be allowed to extract coal from Highthorn, close to Druridge Bay, Northumberland. Save Druridge, the local community group, are delighted.

Coal Action Network is Recruiting

You'll play a key role in accelerating the end of coal-fired power in the UK, in a way that strengthens the environmental justice movement and centres communities on the front lines of extraction.

Coal Roundup September 2020

TWO Opencast coal mines rejected this summer! Plus: plans for coking coal mines and power station closure dates

UCL Economist Prof Paul Ekins O.B.E refutes coal company greenwash

VIDEO: New UK mines would not 'save carbon' - a leading resource economist and policy advisor explains why coal companies are talking “economic nonsense”.

Coal UK post credit Break Free from Fossil Fuels

COAL & the UK

The UK still extracts and imports coal, primarily through opencast mining methods, for steel and cement production as well as for power stations.

There are several new coal mines proposed in the planning system awaiting approval, and these have been delayed and contested by grassroots community campaigns.

ACTIONS

Take action to stop coal mining and coal burning

THE NETWORK

Meet the people behind the grassroots campaigns to stop coal mining and for a transition to a clean, just energy system.

BLOG

You can help: make a donation!

TWITTER

Retweet on Twitter Coal Action Network Retweeted

ITV Wales News@ITVWales·

21 Oct

Fifty four years ago, disaster struck the south Wales village of Aberfan when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste slid down a hillside, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

Today we remember them: https://bit.ly/3m8l06g

Reply on Twitter 1318788452108947456 Retweet on Twitter 1318788452108947456331 Like on Twitter 1318788452108947456765 Twitter 1318788452108947456