Mining is one of the most viscerally destructive and horrific ways in which the dominant culture—industr
Scotland (central & southern)
Scotland (central & southern)
The Fuel Nightmare Continues
It’s as if the universe is trying to tell us something, isn’t it?
The Efficiency of Green Energy
We ought not at least to delay dispersing a set of plausible fallacies about the economy of fuel, and the discovery of substitutes [for coal], which at present obscure the cri
Dodgy deals and corporate collusion: SNP still selling communities out to Scottish Coal
For whom the bell tolls: Scottish Coal go into Liquidation
“In light of Scottish Coal’s poor trading and financial position, we have had to cease trading with immediate effect,”
-Blair Nimmo, joint provisional liquidator and head of restructuring at KPMG in Scotland.
Sabotage at Powharnal OCCS
08/04/2013
At some point over the past weekend multiple items of plant machinery at an extension to the Powharnal open cast coal site in East Ayrshire were put beyond working use. High value targets including a prime mover and bulldozer were also targeted to cause maximum disruption to workings at the mine.
Open letter on the future of the Faslane peace camp
CORRECTION: The open meeting on the future of the peace camp will now be held at 4pm in the Kinning Park Complex on Saturday 13th April.
World’s Longest Treesit Campaign, Update from Bilston Glen
Yesterday, people involved in the campaign to save Bilston Glen sent an update stating, “We have new information from the Midlothian Council and it would seem likely that the road is being redirected along a different route, one that does not go through Bilston Glen.
The Clause 21 Growth and Infrastructure Bill Threat: More Info
THE LOOSE ANTI OPENCAST NETWORK
IF THE GOVERNMENT GETS ITS WAY, ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE MORE ‘MOTHBALLED’ OPENCAST SITES POCK-MARKING OUR COUNTRYSIDE?
EF! Winter Moot 2013: 22-24th February, near Preston
A weekend get-together for people involved in ecological direct action, from fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power to road building. There’ll be discussions and campaign planning – with the emphasis on the tactics and strategies we use, community solidarity and sustainable activism.
Scottish Coal rail terminal currently shut down - again!
Two people are currently occupying the conveyor tower at Scottish Coal’s Ravenstruther Rail Terminal in South Lanarkshire to prevent coal from being loaded onto freight trains and being transported to Drax Coal Fired Power Station in Yorkshire. The action started at 5am this morning – a banner reading “Coal Kills” was unfurled on the conveyor tower.
BBC Investigates Opencast Mining
THE LOOSE ANTI OPEN-CAST NETWORK
BBC’s COUNRTYFILE PROGRAMME INVESTIGATES WHY A REMOTE HAMLET IS ON THE FRONT LINE OF A PLANNING BATTLE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
Twyford Down anti-road protests gathering, September
There is going to be a Twyford Down anti-roads protest reunion to mark that it is 20 years since the protests started. It's on 29-30 Sept, when it'll be the Harvest Moon.
Aristocrat landlord’s garden opencasted!
18.07.2012 Earlier today activists from Take Back the Land! visited Lord Home’s mansion in the Douglas Valley and opencasted his garden, hoping to bring the issues closer to home for him.
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