Indigenous Leaders in Colombia in ‘permanent assembly’ against coal
Indigenous Wayuu elders and community leaders in northern Colombia are gathering to demand justice from the coal company Cerrejón, which operates Latin America’s biggest coal mine.
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Coal Roundup May 2021
Update on coal extraction and use in the UK
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Europe is Still Burning….
A new report – Still Burning – tells the harrowing but little-known stories of the communities from Russia, Colombia, the USA, and Australia whose homes and way of life are literally torn up to mine the coal beneath them, suffering widespread human rights abuses.
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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
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Get involved in fighting against the Cumbrian coal mine
There’s growing momentum against a new coal mine in Cumbria. Join these actions to increase the pressure to reject it.
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“Nothing neutral in new coal” – youth activists pressure government to stop coking coal mine
Today [8thFebruary 2021], youth climate activists added their voice against the planned coking coal mine in West Cumbria. Elijah McKenzie-Jackson (17) submitted a 111,000 signature petition to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Urgent youth action- demand that government stops a new coal mine & gets real about climate change
Thanks everyone who helped, this action has now ended.
Could you participate in an online demonstration? We’re asking young people to take a photograph of themselves with a placard against the planned coal mine. We want to add these photos to a video of us sending this petition on Monday to demand the government stops this coal mine. -
Key facts and figures on the West Cumbria Mining Project
West Cumbria Mining Ltd. want to extract 2.78 million tonnes of coking coal a year from under the sea near Whitehaven in a ‘deep’ coal mine. The coal is predominantly for export and would be consumed by the steel industry. Find out the truth about the proposal.
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Disappointment as Government allows underground coking coal mine application to go ahead
We’re disappointed to let you know that on the 6th January 2020, the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick said that the government will not step in and review Cumbria County Council’s decision to approve the Woodhouse Colliery Application.
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Local campaigners save Dewley Hill from Banks Group’s opencast plan
Today (18/12/20) Newcastle City Council Unanimously rejected Banks Groups’ application to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal and 400,000 tonnes of fireclay from Dewley Hill.
