Informal briefing to Welsh Government on Aberpergwm and Welsh coal

This week Coal Action Network held an informal briefing in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) sponsored by Jane Dodds, Member of the Senedd (MS).

The event was attended by MSs and their staff who heard why the proposal to extend Aberpergwm coal mine should be stopped and how Universal Basic Income could answer some of the issues for workers during the transition to a low carbon economy.

Haf Elgar from Friends of the Earth Cymru, Rhiannon Hardiman from the Future Generations Commission and Jane Dodds spoke alongside Anne Harris from Coal Action Network.

The court hearing for Coal Action Network’s Judicial Review of the Welsh Government and Coal Authority’s inaction and poor decision making, respectively, will take place in March 2022. We are hopeful that the decision will be returned to these authorities to re-decide.

Below is the summary text of the written briefing given out at the event and the full document can be downloaded in Welsh and English from below.