The Scottish government has stated that the “era of coal is over”. Lorna Slater, Co-leader of the Scottish Greens, announced the preferred position against coal mining, for all types of coal. This is essentially a ban on coal mining in Scotland, similar to the one on fracking.

Four fewer banks and five fewer insurers on side with EACOP, and pressure is mounting on the remaining insurers and on Lloyds of London.

Lloyd’s of London Chairman, Bruce Carnegie-Brown, has reportedly offered an ‘olive branch to eco-activists.’ Having listened to his comments, we’re not so sure – and we certainly won’t be placated until the insurance industry’s actions start speaking louder than their words.  Read our response to the latest greenwashing from the insurance industry.

Ffos-y-fran (pronounced in English as Fossey-vran) is a large opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, mining primarily thermal coal. Mining company Merthyr Ltd (previously, Miller Argent) was awarded planning permission in February 2005 on appeal and began opencast coal mining….

Latin America’s biggest coal mine, Cerrejón, is being blocked by protesting members of communities which have been displaced and polluted by coal mining. Here are three actions you can take in solidarity with the communities

Each year, the UK government releases a Digest of UK Energy Statistics report. The most recent was released in July 2022, covering the year 2021. The steady decrease of coal in recent years was not so pronounced between 2020 and 2021. There was a record low use of coal for energy generation in 2020.

Talanx, Germany’s third largest insurer, is the latest (re)insurance company to confirm to the #StopEACOP Coalition that they will not underwrite the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Insurance providers Argo Group and Axis Capital, both Lloyd’s of London members, and RSA Insurance Group Limited, a leading UK insurer, have announced they will not be involved in underwriting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.

Bryn Bach Coal Ltd submitted an application in 2019 to expand the Glan Lash opencast coal mine by 6.68 hectares (originally 7.98 hectares) with the site boundary at 10.03 hectares, to extract a further 95,038 tonnes of coal (originally 110,000 tonnes, and represents more than the original coal mine licenced for just 92,500 tonnes) over 6.1 years…