Coal Action Network

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Object to Banks proposed expansion of the Bradley opencast

2nd December 2019 By coalaction

Banks Group want to expand the Bradley Opencast coal mine in the Pont Valley.

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

28th April 2020 By coalaction

Prof Paul Ekins O.B.E, a leading resource economist and policy advisor, explains why coal companies are talking “economic nonsense”

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Pickets against coal mining in Kuzbass

13th March 2020 By coalaction

Today, March 13, Ecodefense and Fridays for Future hold a protest rally in Novokuznetsk against coal mining

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These stories. Us people. Solidarity.

2nd March 2020 By coalaction

The exhibition brings together experiences of communities from Russia, Colombia, County Durham and South Wales as they live alongside, and take on, the opencast coal industry.

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6 reasons why “UK coal is climate-friendly” is a load of “goaf”

27th February 2020 By coalaction

Dodgy economics, unburnable carbon, methane emissions and more… (And we explain what ‘goafing’ is, too)

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Coal round-up February 2020

14th February 2020 By coalaction

Where is coal being extracted, burned or sought right now, and who is behind it?

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Where does Banks coal go?

3rd February 2020 By coalaction

We have been tracking Banks Groups’ coal trains to coal-fired power stations.

About us

Coal Action Network is a grassroots campaigning organisation which works to end open-cast coal mining and burning coal for electricity in the UK. We do this by working in solidarity with communities affected by open-cast coal mining and pollution, both in the UK and internationally towards a just end to coal now.

Contact Us
E-mail: info@coalaction.org.uk