Committee takes forward CAN’s key recommendations Background In February, CAN gave oral testimony to the Climate Change, Energy, and Infrastructure Committee (CCEIC) on the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill. Alongside FOE Cymru, we gave a candid account of the strengths, weaknesses, and pitfalls of the Bill. Watch our session in full. CAN sways…
Westminster: our evidence on Wales’ coal legacy Coal Action Network was invited to attend Westminster where we gave evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee in their inquiry about the environmental and economic legacy of Wales’ industrial past, alongside Friends of the Earth Cymru. This inquiry was opened in December 2024 to examine the environmental legacy…
Lethal landscape: cuts to Ffos-y-fran mine restoration puts community at risk A new plan to cut every corner Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd operates the recently closed sprawling Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine, next to the town of Merthyr Tydfil – home to around 58,000 people. In 2015, Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd agreed a restoration plan with…
We’re back in the Senedd giving oral evidence on the for Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill We were invited for the second time to give oral evidence to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee of the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) on 05th February 2025. We shared the panel with Haf, Director of FOE…
Demand nature be restored to Ffos-y-fran opencast site Mining company sells out local communities to keep record profits Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd illegally mined coal at Ffos-y-fran for over a year, profiting from record coal prices. Now, it wants to keep all the profits by trying to downgrade the restoration plan, breaking its promise to…
We investigate mining company’s ‘missing’ millions Background Mining company: Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd (MSW) is the current operator of the sprawling opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Claim: MSW claims “It was established that there are insufficient funds available to achieve the 2015 restoration strategy and therefore an alternative scheme is required.”…
We expose company making misleading claims Summary In its environmental statement, Bryn Bach Coal Ltd attempts to present the anthracite coal it wishes to extract from an expansion of Glan Lash as a unique and scarce commodity that is needed for water filtration, bricks, and graphite, and would therefore be too valuable to burn. Yet,…
UK Government: is the left hand speaking to the right hand? The UK Government launched a consultation on a limited review of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for 8 weeks from 30 July to 24 September 2024. The NPPF is an influential document that shapes planning decisions and priorities across England. It is periodically…
Under pressure: Europe’s largest mining investment conference To B Corp or not to B Corp – stop hosting annual dirty money conference In 2023, CAN reached out to the Business Design Centre to alert them to the fact their upcoming conference will be funnelling money into some of the world’s worst companies for human and…
Coal tips in Wales – what are they? Coal tips, also known as coal spoil or slag heaps, and overburden are large mounds of waste soil, rocks, and fragments of coal that was dumped there as it was originally in the way between a mining company and the profitable coal it wanted to mine. Sometimes,…