Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
Global South campaigners tell UK planners: no new opencast coal mines! Anne Harris Hal Rhoades | 7th October 2015 Activism Energy Climate Change Coal UK opencast-coal-wales-cut.jpg Campaign groups …