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…
Coal is finite, but we are relentless Rich Felgate’s film FINITE: The Climate of Change, features the Campaign to Protect Pont Valley and the occupation of the Hambacher forest. It shows how, through relentless campaigning, direct action and creative protest, concerned people stopped destruction of the remaining Hambacher forest in the Rhineland, Germany. The forest…
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…
Key facts & figures for 16 months of illegal coal mining at Ffos-y-fran 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…
Lochinvar coal mine proposal – licenced Update – Sat 15th October 2022 the Scottish Government De Facto banned coal mining. As such this article is for historic interest only, this is not a live campaign New Age Exploration Ltd (NAE Ltd) proposes to extract up to 33.7 million tonnes of coking coal for steelworks in…
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…
52 people tragically killed in mining explosion in Kemerovo region of Russia We are deeply saddened to hear that yesterday (25th November 2021) a suspected methane explosion killed 52 people, including 6 rescuers, at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine. The underground mine lies close to the town of Gramoteino, in the heavily mined Kuzbass coal field….
Coal in Steel: problems and solutions (2021) Coal Action Network is excited to release its research report – Coal in Steel: problems and solutions Coal in Steel is aimed at those looking for background information to campaign against proposed new coking coal mines near them, and covers how coal needs to be phased out of…
West Cumbria Mining Ltd and EMR Capital – we reveal all Overview Coal Action Network has commissioned research revealing massive debts of over £29million, Cayman Islands tax havens, corporate structures that undermine responsibility, and taxes that may not get paid. Who owns who, and how Why does that matter? If West Cumbria Mining Ltd gain…
The latest cautionary tale: Halton Lea Gate opencast coal mine Overview Between 2008 and 2012, communities fought against the threat of an opencast coal mine on the edge of their picturesque rural Northumberland villages. Northumberland Local Planning Authority sided with the local communities and rejected the application in 2011. But that rejection was appealed by…