Webinar on restoration in South Wales
This webinar marks the launch of a report, ‘Coal Mine Restoration in South Wales’, revealing the injustices surrounding of 7 opencast coal mines in South Wales…
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Deiseb: Llywodraeth Cymru Peidiwch ag ehangu pwll glo brig mwyaf y DU
Wales is about to decide whether to expand the UK’s largest opencast coal mine by nearly 4 years, emitting almost 6 million tonnes of CO2, and 16,000 tonnes of methane from the coal mine itself. The climate-trashing Ffos-y-fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil extracts up to 50,000 tonnes of coal every month…
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Sign this petition to stop the expansion of UK’s biggest opencast coal mine
Wales is about to decide whether to expand the UK’s largest opencast coal mine by nearly 4 years, emitting almost 6 million tonnes of CO2, and 16,000 tonnes of methane from the coal mine itself. The climate-trashing Ffos-y-fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil extracts up to 50,000 tonnes of coal every month…
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We don’t need to set fire to our future to keep warm this winter
We sometimes hear from people that they are worried coal may be a necessary evil to keep us warm this winter. But the worst effects of this energy crisis was, and to some extent is, avoidable. Low-hanging fruit include home insulation, community-owned renewable energy generation, and an effective windfall tax…
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How global insurers compare on fossil fuels in 2022
Analysing 30 leading primary insurers and reinsurers, assessing their policies on insuring and investing in coal, oil, gas, the Insure Our Future 6th Annual Scorecard cuts through the greenwash
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More major banks and insurers refuse to support EACOP: Lloyds syndicates silent
Four fewer banks and five fewer insurers on side with EACOP, and pressure is mounting on the remaining insurers and on Lloyds of London.
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Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine pressures Council for extension in climate crisis
Ffos-y-fran (pronounced in English as Fossey-vran) is a large opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, mining primarily thermal coal. Mining company Merthyr Ltd (previously, Miller Argent) was awarded planning permission in February 2005 on appeal and began opencast coal mining….
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Take Action: Colombian communities blockade coal-mining giant, Glencore
Latin America’s biggest coal mine, Cerrejón, is being blocked by protesting members of communities which have been displaced and polluted by coal mining. Here are three actions you can take in solidarity with the communities
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Top German (re)insurer Talanx passes on EACOP
Talanx, Germany’s third largest insurer, is the latest (re)insurance company to confirm to the #StopEACOP Coalition that they will not underwrite the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
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Key facts: illegal Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine expansion
Key facts & figures for 16 months of illegal coal mining Find out more about how the Ffos-y-fran coal mine has managed to illegally siphon coal out for 16 months without being stopped. 06 September 2022 – 08 January 2024 Coal sold: 640,000 tonnes (of 11 million tonnes total, company-reported volumes published in official Coal…
