Press release from Loose Anti Opencast Network, 30 January 2015 Yesterday afternoon MPs debated the issue of un-restored opencast coal sites that exist across England, Scotland and Wales in a debate entitled “Opencast Coal Sites (Restoration)” (1) . MPs from Wales,...
Press release from Loose Anti-Opencast Network (LAON PR 6-2014) BRADLEY PUBLIC INQUIRY: THE TWENTY SIX YEAR QUESTION In their evidence to the Public Inquiry, UK Coal state that it will take three years and six months to complete the task of preparing the site,...
Press release from Loose Anti-Opencast Network (LAON), 29 September 2014 UK COAL SECURES ITS LOAN – BUT THE FUTURE OF ITS SURFACE MINES IS ANYTHING BUT SECURE. The fact that UK Coal has now secured its £20m pound loan, in order to allow for the managed rundown...
LOOSE ANTI OPENCAST NETWORK press release, 13 January 2014 PLEA TO MAKE COAL A ‘SPECIAL CASE’ The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoE Scotland) are two of the groups who are supporting the request being made by the Loose...
