As B Labs doesn’t seem bothered was the public says, we asked supporters to contact other B Corps – who are effectively B Labs customers. Almost 20,000 emails were sent to over 60 B Corp status companies, asking them to take a stand with us…
The Welsh Government’s long-awaited Bill is expected to be presented to the Senedd before the end of 2024. The very recent Cwmtillery tip slip will make this Bill a more politically charged issue. It will also raise scrutiny over whether measures in the new Bill mark a sufficient improvement on the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969…
Kömür Eylem Ağı (Coal Action Network), 2024 yılında Türkiye kömür endüstrisini araştırdı. Bu makalede, bulgularımız ve Türkiye’deki kömür, hava kirliliği, Rusya savaşı ile karbonsuzlaştırma arasındaki ilişkiler inceleniyor.
Last December in London, the CAN team protested with other climate campaigners for two days in freezing temperatures outside one of the world’s biggest events funnelling investment into expanding mining globally. The ‘Mines and Money Conference’ held in London’s Business Design Centre connected investors with projects and companies responsible for human rights abuses, ecocide, and fuelling climate chaos…
The UK Government has laid a Written Ministerial Statement confirming that it will introduce legislation to “restrict the future licensing of new coal mines”, by amending the Coal Industry Act 1994, “when Parliamentary time allows”. The UK Government’s press release is entitled “New coal mining licences will be banned”. Here at Coal Action Network, we thinks it’s great that the UK Government is following…
(Türkçe olarak mevcuttur) Coal Action Network investigated the Turkish coal industry in 2024. This article looks at our findings and the links between Turkish coal, air pollution, Russia’s war and decarbonisation.
Former steelworker, Pat Carr, spoke to Anne Harris from Coal Action Network about the financial support offered to workers when the Consett steelworks closed in 1980, and they discussed what can be done better, in workplaces like Scunthorpe steelworks. (Article published in Canary magazine)
The proposed West Cumbria Coal mine lost its planning permission in September 2024. Since then its application to get a full coal mining license was refused by the Coal Authority, another nail in the coffin of the proposed coking coal mine.
Bryn Bach Coal Ltd is the coal mining company that operates the Glan Lash opencast coal mine, which has been dormant since planning permission expired in 2019. In 2018, it applied for an extension which was unanimously rejected by planning councillors in 2023. Undeterred, Bryn Bach Coal Ltd is trying again! This time with a slightly smaller extension of some 85,000 tonnes rather than 95,000 tonnes…
Whoop-pee!!!!! Let’s keep the “domino’s falling”
Brilliant news! So pleased for local residents. Well done all
Wonderful news – very well done everyone in achieving a classic David v Goliath victory, giving us all hope for a better greener future.
I am ecstatic reading this. This is a major victory for the community the country and the planet. People power is powerful. I’m so proud to have played a small part in this. 😊💕
Why wasn’t there a legally binding contract with the mine owner to restore the landscape once the mining permit ended? If there was, then they should have been putting enough money aside to cover the cost. That figure should have been part of their financial viability calculations before they started mining. Up here in the North Pennines we are still dealing with the legacy of river and soil pollution nearly 100 years after the end of lead mining. They mustn’t be allowed to walk away from their environmental and social responsibilities otherwise the community will be left with long term problems and an eyesore. I won a Blue Peter competition in the early 70s to design an open cast mine restoration scheme so we were thinking about these issues way back then. My scheme restored and enhanced nature and created amenities for local people.
This decision is welcome although belated, the subsidies for fossil fuel are beyond stupid,
5 trillion$ a year globally, Our leaders need to wake up and realise the consequences of continued CO2 emissions.
Victory, yes, and not before time. However, this is just one aspect of planet smashing, and even in south Wales there are still councils who have been bought by the coal mining industry and press for more mining at every opportunity. One small battle going the right way has to be viewed for what it is – and the effort needed to get just that – and should not be confused with the simple fact that those in government in the UK are still in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry. Big Time. The War is neither won, nor is the ultimate defeat of the evil doers – coal is not in itself evil – probable, let alone certain.
As a daughter of a miner and a climate campaigner, well done.