News and Actions for Aberpergwm
Campaign to stop Aberpergwm – the story so far Discovery At the end of November 2021, we noticed the licence application for an extension to ‘Aberpergwm Colliery’ in South Wales on the little-publicised webpage of the Coal Authority (regulator for all coal mining across the UK). This webpage contains a listing of all coal mine…
Key facts: Aberpergwm coal mine expansion Coal & refuse to be excavated: 72 million tonnes in total – 30 million tonnes of which will be “middling” coal to be dumped or put back into the coal mine. Coal to be sold: 42 million tonnes during the life of the extension CO2: 100-120 million tonnes of…
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…
Licenced: the Aberpergwm coal mine extension On 25th January 2022… …Whilst the Welsh and UK Governments continued to argue over which could stop it, The Coal Authority (now: Mining Remediation Authority) approved the full licence for an underground coal mine extension to Energybuild Ltd. The company can now mine a further 40 MILLION TONNES of…
An open letter to stop the Aberpergwm coal extension Update The Coal Authority has issued the Aberpergwm coal mine with a licence to mine an extra 42 million tonnes of coal, ignoring the est.100 million tonnes of CO2 this will generate and jeopardise the UK’s and Wales’ ability to meet their climate commitments. Check out…