Horse Hill Supreme Court victory Fantastic news today, 20th June 2024. The UK Supreme Court has set a historical precedent, in overturning a previous ruling, considering the legality of approving a new oil site in Surrey. The ground breaking decision stating that ‘downstream’ emissions (those released when a product is used) must be factored into…
UK election 2024: Parties line up to ban more coal mining FIVE political parties’ manifestos rule out new coal mines in the UK “…we will not grant new coal licences and will ban fracking for good.” “Maintaining the ban on fracking and introducing a ban on new coal mines.” “Cancel recent fossil fuel licences such…
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…
We expose Ffos-y-fran secretly floods massive void Local residents kept in the dark Notorious mining company, Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd, removes water pumps in wilful disregard for local residents. The Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, has become a truly cautionary tale on the power of the fossil fuel industry and of…
Protest the Mines & Money conference 2023 Global mining companies are coming to London soon attempting to find investors in their ruinous projects at the Mines and Money Conference (28th to 30th November). Mining companies will be attending the conference incl: Join with us to oppose these projects and support communities resisting them here and…
Glan Lash coal extension application – refused What was at stake? Markets and CO2 The Planning Officer’s Report lends much weight to Bryn Bach Coal Ltd’s (BBCL) claim that most of the coal will be sent to non-burn end-use. BBCL has increased the proportion of coal it claims will go to non-burn end-use in successive…
Judicial Review filed against Ffos-y-fran illegal coal mine UPDATE: the pressure of our judicial review worked! The Council was finally forced to act and agreed a generous 4 month-deadline with the mining company to actually stop coal mining. In total, 640,000 tonnes of coal were mined illegally which is unbelievable, but it could have been…
Ffos-y-fran mining company acting “unilaterally and unlawfully” Respected senior Barristers, James Maurici KC, and Barrister Toby Fisher have today released a blistering open letter of legal advice that reveals for the first time that the company operating the UK’s largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, in South Wales is doing so “unilaterally and unlawfully” without the…
Ffos-y-fran: timeline of illegal coal mining What follows is an illustrated timeline of the major twists and turns of the long campaign to stop and restore the UK’s largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
Victory! Ffos-y-fran opencast stopped from extending coal operations After 20 years of campaigning, last night (26/04/23) Merthyr Tydfil residents, Coal Action Network, Friends of the Earth Cymru, the Green Party, XR and other environmental campaigners finally collectively stopped Ffos-y-fran opencast coal with the Council’s refusal of permission to extend its climate chaos until 2024! This…