The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… From the valleys to the beaches - new coal mines bring fear not hope Mat Hope | 4th December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns fyf_machinery.jpg The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil …
Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.
… 2016 Activism Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Protest UK Wales Scotland Norther Ireland England occupy-coal-cut.jpg Momentum is gathering behind the … including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend. The UK should be …
Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park. It will be one of dozens of coordinated actions across the UK, and around the world, to bring the age of coal to the rapid end it so richly deserves.
… fuels: let's shut down the UK's largest coal mine! A Climate Activist | 18th April … Activism Climate Change Fossil Fuels Energy Coal Protest UK Wales … in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut …
Germany's 'Energiewende' has made the country a global renewable energy powerhouse. So why have its carbon emissions gone up? Not because of nuclear closures, writes Melanie Mattauch, but because powerful fossil fuel companies have blocked effective climate action. Now the fight is on as public calls to keep the coal in the ground get too loud to ignore.
… Germany's renewables surge, can it keep its coal in the ground? Melanie Mattauch | 22nd May 2015 News Germany Energy Coal Renewables Protest Climate Change Carbon Trading Politics 350-coal-digger-germany-cut.jpg Germany's …
Protest group celebrates as activists force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch to gas
… Activists celebrate week of action against coal The Ecologist | 30th October 2009 News Protest Coal Climate Change didcot2.jpg Protest group … force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch …
The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as demand for fossil fuels falls away, writes Paul Brown. In the wake of the Paris Agreement and shrinking markets in major importing countries, the smart money is moving into renewables.
… 2016 News Fossil Fuels Renewables Oil Gas Coal Solar Wind Energy … of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as … losing their money , because the markets for coal and liquefied natural gas are …
The coal profits that fill Matt Ridley's bank account come wet with the blood of those killed and displaced by the climate disaster his mines contribute to, writes T. If hgis consicence is no longer functioning, then others must step into that role to confront him with the evil that he is doing.
… Coal protesters must be Matt Ridley's guilty consience T End Coal Now | 20th December 2015 Comment Coal Climate Change UK Law Protest …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest … Montague DeSmog.uk | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg Protestors who closed down …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… 2015 News UK Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics suek-coal-mine-cut.jpg The UK's financing of fossil … soared to over £1 billion a year under the Coalition, according to an analysis by …
It's the fossil fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste product of refining heavy oil from Canada's tar sands, petcoke is stored in open mountains around Chicago's 'Slag Valley', sending plumes of sticky black dust over poor neighborhoods every time the wind blows.
… fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste … more sought-after fuel grades. Petcoke - the coal substitute that's dirtier than coal In …
The Drax power station in Yorkshire is the UK's biggest CO2 emitter, burns more wood each year than the entire UK timber harvest, and is a major importer of coal from strife-stricken regions of Colombia, writes Frances Howe. This Thursday campaigners will target the company's AGM to highlight its impacts on forests, biodiversity, climate and communities, in the face of Drax's PR offensive to make biomass appear 'sustainable'.
… April 2017 Activism Energy Forests Biomass Coal UK Colombia Protest drax-cut.jpg The Drax … UK timber harvest, and is a major importer of coal from strife-stricken regions of Colombia, … now covers three forms of dirty energy: coal, biomass, and, since 2016, gas : Drax has …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal Lawrence Carter Joe Sandler Clarke … | 12th May 2017 News USA Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics Conservation … bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe …
Two trucks, sent by Greenpeace and daubed with "BLAIR DUMPS CLIMATE" tipped four tonnes of coal on the doorstep of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs this morning, to expose this government's failure to act on climate change.
… Greenpeace Dumps Four Tonnes of Coal at Defra Offices 2nd February 2007 News Greenpeace Protest Coal Ipcc Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Coal Global Warming Climate Change UK …
A protester acquitted last week of trespassing on the Bradley coal mine site in County Durham has spoken exclusively to The Ecologist. ALEXANDRA HEAL reports
… Acquitted coal mine protester speaks out against UK … August 2018 Activism Climate Change Protest Coal Banks Mining … last week of trespassing on the Bradley coal mine site in County Durham has spoken … acquitted last week of trespassing on a new coal mine site in County Durham has spoken out …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon … Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear Oil Coal Depleted Uranium UK Environment Climate … the energy crisis. Stop using oil, gas and coal and we might just stabilise carbon …
This weekend's wave of direct action in Germany shows that we can and should take climate justice into our own hands.
… 10th August 2020 News Change Makers Shell Oil Coal Fossil Fuels Protest Blockade Climate … Berlin announced the occupation of a large coal plant in the city's Moabit district on … access to the power plant processing hard coal, a major climate killer. The group's …
The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in and official support for fossil fuels, inaction over fuel poverty and the systematic neglect of renewable energy despite the global climate emergency.
… June 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Nuclear Coal Climate Change Protest UK Politics … fossil fuel and nuclear companies, a World Coal Assocation conference, the Department of … in expectation of a site occupation - the 2GW coal-burning Didcot A having already closed …
Last weekend Toni Belly was occupying Germany's biggest open cast coal mine in the once lovely Rhineland area, one of thousands of protestors from 350.org and other groups determined to shut the operation down. Nursing his bruises and eyes still sore from pepper spray, he set down his account of an unforgettable day of action.
… of the beast - occupying Germany's open cast coal nightmare Toni Belly | 21st August 2015 Activism Protest Fossil Fuels Coal Germany Climate Change Corporations no-coal-cut.jpg Last weekend Toni Belly was …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… heading for California refineries. Oil and coal producers in the US are planning to use … in the unspoiled Northwest of the country. Coal is already being exported in ever-larger … in Richland, Washington. The oil and coal trains must pass through the Columbia …
Climate action groups launch public vote for next protest site
… Climate Swoop , where users can pick which coal-fired power station demonstrators should … of 2006. In June 2008, 29 activists stopped a coal train from reaching the power station. Ratcliffe on Soar coal-fired power station is operated by E.ON, …
Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically.
… 2008 Comment Peak Oil Carbon Climate Change Coal Gas Fossil Fuels Petroleum Oil Usage Coal Energy carbon_comment_WEB.jpg Climate … The peaking in production rates of oil, coal and natural gas presents a different …
The widely touted 'carbon capture and storage' technology is much more expensive than wind and solar, says a Greenpeace report. It also represents a perverse subsidy to the fossil fuel sector that will only boost coal and oil, and delay the transition to a renewable energy system.
… | 26th May 2015 News Energy Climate Change Coal Oil Renewables saskpower-ccs-cut.jpg The … the fossil fuel sector that will only boost coal and oil, and delay the transition to a … EPA's proposed carbon rule requires that new coal plants capture CO 2 , and emphasizes the …
It may seem odd timing that many of us are heading to the nation's capital early next month for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest of its kind against global warming in America.
… for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest … that the world as a whole must stop burning coal by 2030 - and the developed world well … you some sense of what Obama's up against. Coal provides 50 percent of our electricity. …