The real cost of coal providing the UK with energy security is £469 million – and the cost is rising
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,... MPs back campaigners’ call for action on ‘unethical’ mining industry
28 October 2014 Campaigners have welcomed the outcome of an inquiry into the extractives sector conducted by the Parliamentary Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills, calling on the government to take action on the sector that campaigners have accused of being...
The Tragic Roundabout
By Richard Solly, London Mining Network Co-ordinator (with assistance from Andy Whitmore, LMN Co-chair) Readers of a certain age (i.e. those who are beginning to get a bit long in the tooth, like me) may remember the original version of The Magic Roundabout, in which,...