Deep coal mines were the bedrock of Britain’s industrial revolution and the struggle to save them, and the jobs and communities that relied on them, helped define the politics of the 1970s and 80s. But it looks as though Britain’s last two deep coal mines...
by Malcolm Spaven, Chairperson, Scottish Opencast Communities Alliance Longannet, Scotland’s sole remaining coal-fired power station, will almost certainly close at the end of March 2016. That was the message from evidence given by power station owners Scottish Power...
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,...
… but the solution being proposed is to cut the taxes paid by the companies doing the scarring! Read on… Fears mining could leave Fife’s landscape permanently scarred Scotland’s landscape could be permanently scarred by the legacy of opencast coal unless a...