Barristers tackle tip law and licensing
Coal Action Network has obtained new legal advice from expert Barristers Estelle Dehon (KC) and Rowan Clapp of Cornerstone Chambers, London. Examining relevant…
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Lifting the lid on damage done by David Stanley Lewis of Pontypool
In 2015, David Stanley Lewis took over operations at the sprawling Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine from the previous operator, Miller Argent. The company became ‘Merthyr (South Wales)…
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360 exploration of Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine
360 exploration of Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine Explore the churned up landscape from different views below, drag around the viewpoints and go full-screen for an immersive experience. This is what the 58,000 residents of Merthyr Tydfil face every day…and with a new plan by mining company, Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd, to evade its responsibility to…
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Batı Cumbria’daki kömürün Türkiye ile bağlantısı
Coal Action Network (Kömür Eylem Ağı) araştırmacıları, 2024 yılı baharında, ithal kömürün Türkiye’deki çelik fabrikaları ve kömürlü termik santralleri yakınlarında yaşayan topluluklar üzerindeki etkilerini yerinde görmek için Türkiye’yi ziyaret etti. O dönemde, Birleşik Krallık’ın Cumbria bölgesindeki Whitehaven yakınlarında, Batı Cumbria Mining Ltd’nin deniz altındaki bir kömür madeninden, 2049 yılına kadar yılda 2,78 milyon ton kömür çıkarmak için aldığı planlama izni bulunuyordu.
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How West Cumbria’s coal links to Turkey
In Spring 2024, Coal Action Network investigators visited Turkey to see first-hand the impacts that imported coal was having on communities living near steelworks and power stations using coal. At that time, planning permission was in place for West Cumbria Mining Ltd to extract 2.78 million tonnes of coal a year, until 2049, from a coal mine under the sea near Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK.
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Consett Steelworks closure – a Just Transition? (An interview)
Former steelworker, Pat Carr, speaks to Anne Harris from Coal Action Network about the financial support offered to workers when the Consett steelworks closed in 1980.
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Take action – let planners say no to new coal mining
Take action – let planners say no to new coal mining TAKE ACTION The public consultation window for the National Policy and Planning Framework represents the first opportunity since the new UK Government was formed to stop any new coal mine application winning planning permission across England. This sweeping change would go a long way…
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Coal is finite, but we are relentless
FINITE 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 and prevent Banks Group from expanding in the Pont Valley, Durham, UK.
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Sample Letter & Lloyd’s Email Addresses
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Lloyds of London online rally – Safer spaces agreement
Safer spaces agreement for the Lloyd’s of London Online Rally – 16th March 2021
