Longannet closure
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...
A delightful divestment day in London!
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network. Photo from Huck News Yesterday’s Global Divestment Day activities in London were delightful! Hundreds of us gathered outside London’s City Hall to call on Mayor Boris Johnson and the Greater London...
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,...