Coal Action Network

We all know a diet soda with a fast food burger doesn’t make it healthy. So when Big Tech promises AI will solve the climate crisis – despite no evidence that consumer platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot actually do – take it with a big pinch of salt.

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Have you heard someone say🫷🗨️"oh, the UK doesn't mine coal anymore!"? Sadly, there's a large deep coal mine in Glynneath, South Wales, & small deep coal mine in Northumberland - with permissions to mine until 2039 and 2069 respectively... 😬 More on UK coal mines: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-mine-ca...

Coal facts, figures, and information - Coal Action Network These are the most recent official energy statistics for coal from the UK Government for 2024 (compare to 2023, 2022, and 2021). They show a trend of declining mining, imports, and consumption of…

Wondered where our coal comes from? What the UK still uses coal for? Or where we ship coal to?🤔 Answer these questions and more with our graphic facts and figures web pages! 🤓
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Campaigners say company behind old mine has the funds to curb serious hazards Coal Action Network has instructed an accountancy firm to look into the funding situation around the restoration of Ffos y Fran in Merthyr Tydfil

Coal mine owner desperately tries to discredit our "increasingly aggressive" tactics🤨after we commission forensic accountant's report revealing company may be making misleading claims to wriggle🪱out of £91m💸bill to clean up its own mess in Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Campaigners claim Ffos y Fran mine firm can afford £91m site restoration Claims have been made that the mining company behind the Ffos y Fran opencast coal mine does have the money required to carry out a restoration estimated to cost more than £90 million.

Great detective work @coalactionuk.bsky.social 👏
Too long polluters have been getting away with it. It's time to make polluters pay.

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📢 Wind + solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for 1st time ever.

🌪️ and ☀️ = 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity in 2025, up from 20% just 5 years ago.

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Demand nature be restored to Ffos-y-fran opencast site - Coal Action Network Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd mined for over a year illegally after planning permission for the Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine ended in September 2022. During that year, it made record-breaking profits…

📢 Object by 17/01/25 to the sell-out of restoring UK's biggest opencast coal mine site, Ffos-y-fran, in the green valleys of South Wales. Leaving a mess bigger than 400 football pitches⚽, the mining firm's trying to run off with restoration funds 💸

Say no way: www.coalaction.org.uk/2026/01/09/d...

Concrete opportunities for coal-free cement works - Coal Action Network How is coal used in cement production, how it can be removed, and examples from around the world of commericial cement works leading the way to decarbonisation.

Cement. It's not sexy ❌ but we do trust it every day with our lives✔️ It has a dirty secret though 👀 manufacturing cement burned 400,000 tonnes of coal, emitting over 1 MILLION TONNES of CO2 in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (2024). Find out about the alternatives: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/10/29/d...

2026 must be the year that new coal extraction will be banned - Coal Action Network In November 2024, the new UK Government announced its intention to legislate a ban of new coal mining licences – which we welcomed. Over a year later, the legislation is yet to be introduced, and the…

2026 must be the year that new coal extraction in the UK will be banned. Here's why, and how: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/12/03/2...

HAPPY NEW YEAR🥳 We've got big plans 💯 for 2026 - help us deliver coal-free futures for all 🌍
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🇬🇧 This year we’ve fought hard for the safety and restoration of a Welsh landscape ravaged by the coal industry. Will will carry this fight into 2026 – take action with us: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Eleni, rydym wedi brwydro’n galed dros ddiogelwch ac adferiad tirwedd Gymreig a ddinistriwyd gan y diwydiant glo. Byddwn yn parhau â’r frwydr hon yn 2026✊ – gweithredwch gyda ni: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Polish parliament approves bill facilitating coal mine closures and compensation for miners Dec 5, 2025 | Business, Energy & Climate, Law, Politics

In Poland, a Bill to accelerate coal plant closures whilst compensating and transitioning affected workers passes major milestone this month!💚

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Solutions - Coal Action Network Just and rapid decarbonisation The science and many reports are clear: we can have a future on this planet or we can keep using coal. But we cannot have both. Yet, the amount of coal we burn every…

Here at CAN we don't just point out the problems😣 of coal - we also push for the solutions 💡

Solution 4️⃣ Just transition - ensures workers & communities most impacted by the shift to a low carbon economy are centred in transition plans 👷

See all our solutions: www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/sol...

Los Angeles says so long to coal The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah.

📣 Los Angelos reduced its electricity from coal plants from 50% in 2013 to ZERO 😮 this month! With Texas producing more electricity from solar panels than coal for the first time this year, we're hopeful that more cities in the USA will follow LA's example 🤩

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Solutions - Coal Action Network Just and rapid decarbonisation The science and many reports are clear: we can have a future on this planet or we can keep using coal. But we cannot have both. Yet, the amount of coal we burn every…

Here at CAN we don't just point out the problems😣 of coal - we also push for the solutions 💡

Solution 3️⃣ Degrowth - A just & sustainable economy must prioritise delivering what’s important for our well-being & security.

Tune in tomorrow 📅 for Solution4️⃣or see all our solutions here:

Solutions - Coal Action Network Just and rapid decarbonisation The science and many reports are clear: we can have a future on this planet or we can keep using coal. But we cannot have both. Yet, the amount of coal we burn every…

Here at CAN we don't just point out the problems😣 of coal - we also push for the solutions 💡

Solution 2️⃣ Renewables - Decarbonisation will rely on widespread deployment of renewable technologies, with reductions in energy use.

Tune in tomorrow 📅 for Solution 3️⃣ or see all here:

Here at CAN we don't just point out the problems😣 of coal - we also push for the solutions 💡

Solution 1️⃣ Efficiency - Through technology, policy, and behaviour, we can do more with less.

Tune in tomorrow 📅 for Solution 2️⃣ or see all our solutions here: www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/sol...

When we hire at CAN, we get to know the applicant, not their convictions - so we don't ask about them. Are you excl. the 11.7m ppl in UK with a record? Unless you're working with vulnerable people, it's not your business.

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CAN won't ask job applicants about convictions. This can bias interviewers & deter people with convictions applying. As people of colour are targeted by UK's racist police & judicial system, this would worsen under-rep. of BIPOC in environmental NGOs. Join the trend: www.bitc.org.uk/ban-the-box-...

Solutions - Coal Action Network Just and rapid decarbonisation The science and many reports are clear: we can have a future on this planet or we can keep using coal. But we cannot have both. Yet, the amount of coal we burn every…

We often get asked what the answer is 🤔 Sometimes by folks who aren't really asking a question 🤭 We don't always know the answer 🤷 but we have set out some solutions that we think will help the world stop using coal ✅ www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/sol... Let us know what you think?🫶

A stainless future for steel - Coal Action Network The steel industry produces 9-11% of the annual CO2 emitted globally, contributing significantly to climate change. In 2024, on average, every tonne of steel produced led to the emission of 2.2…

The global steel industry burns 1.5 BILLION tonnes of coal yearly💨It emits 9-11% of global greenhouse gasses 😮 If we don't solve the global steel problem, we won't beat runaway climate change💯 Find out more about the global & UK steel industry, & greener solutions 🌍https://buff.ly/SO5Yy84 👀

UK Govt rightly committed to ban new coal mines... but that must be matched with commitments to wean UK industry off coal or we're just offshoring dangers, fugitive methane, & damage in nations we import from.

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We worked with Plaid Cymru to host a successful Westminster Hall debate highlighting that the UK Government's proposed 'coal ban' leaves behind a loophole🕳️ large enough for the 400,000 tonne Bedwas tips coal mining proposal to slip through. We must close it 💯

We must rapidly wean the UK's 10 cement works off fossil fuels📉 Get a concrete understanding🤦of cement & its massive carbon footprint (more than shipping & aviation combined globally) + our recommendations ww.coalaction.org.uk/2025/10/29/decoaling-cement-works👀

We took this photo of coal from the UK. We work tirelessly for an end to the UK's coal mining & coal use - that's right, the UK still mines⛏️ & burns🔥coal EVERY DAY. Get our 1 email/month update & 1 min e-action to finally end the UK's coal-addiction. Subscribe: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

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We work tirelessly for an end to the UK's coal mining & coal use - that's right, the UK still mines⛏️ & burns🔥coal EVERY DAY. Get our 1 email/month update & 1 min e-action to finally end the UK's coal-addiction. Subscribe: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

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We work tirelessly for an end to the UK's coal mining & coal use - that's right, the UK still mines⛏️ & burns🔥coal EVERY DAY. Get our 1 email/month update & 1 min e-action to finally end the UK's coal-addiction. Subscribe: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Glan Lash opencast "off-set" exposed - Coal Action Network In 2019, Bryn Bach Coal Ltd applied to expand its Glan Lash opencast coal mine and extend the amount of time it would continue mining coal for. The proposal would see the coal mine swallowing a…

Habitat-offsetting makes as much sense as flattening Liverpool & building new houses in Manchester. Habitats are as unique as the lives in them. We expose UK opencast coal mine operators trying to offset ancient woodland with trash-strewn field of dead saplings👉 www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/09/16/g...

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We work tirelessly for an end to the UK's coal mining & coal use - that's right, the UK still mines⛏️ & burns🔥coal EVERY DAY. Get our 1 email/month update & 1 min e-action to finally end the UK's coal-addiction. Subscribe: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...