Coal Action Network

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

The @UKGovTweets rightly committed to no new coal mines in UK✊...but industry continues burning coal when proven alternative exist😬UK must rapidly de-coalonise industry💯Find out where our coal comes from😯coalaction.org.uk/2025/11/21/coa…

NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever. 🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago. ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems. This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.

We need to 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/dec…👀

Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power ✍️ @DrSimEvans @mollylempriere w/ comment from @RaiRoche @frankiemayo_ @ewangibbs @simoncmcg @coalactionuk #CBarchive 🎨 @joejgoodman Read here:

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. Be part of it with 1min digital actions once/month💪 actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-…

Habitat-offsetting is like flattening Liverpool & building new homes in Manchester🙄Habitats are as unique as lives in them🦊We expose UK opencast coal mine operator trying to offset ancient woodland with trash-strewn field of dead saplings👎 👉coalaction.org.uk/2025/09/16/gla…

Labour looks set to leave a glaring loophole in the upcoming coal ban bill @CoalActionUK has obtained expert legal advice that reveals that the UK government’s coal ban bill will fail to stop all new coal mining thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/0…

Coal mining casts a long shadow on the communities that hosted it - housing development just rejected in Carmarthenshire over concerns that old coal mine leaking gas 💨 👀 Find out more about our mine restoration campaigning: coalaction.org.uk/coal-mine-rest…

Director of Ffos-y-fran ex-coal mine, David Lewis, now refuses to pay to clean up its mess. What'll happen to £91.2 MILLION restoration fund?💸We're asking consultants not to aid the company evading MILLIONS in clean up. Read our exposé: coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/the… @TippingPointorg

Director of Ffos-y-fran ex-coal mine, David Lewis, now refuses to pay to clean up its mess. What'll happen to the £91.2 MILLION restoration fund?💸No surprise since he was cautioned with violent assault of a 75 yr old!😬Read our exposé: coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/the… @BladeoftheS

Director of Ffos-y-fran ex-coal mine, David Lewis, now refuses to pay to clean up its mess. What'll happen to the £91.2 MILLION restoration fund?💸No surprise since he is being probed for burying toxic waste at the site!☢️ Read our exposé: coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/the… @BladeoftheS

Director of Ffos-y-fran ex-coal mine, David Lewis, now refuses to clean up its mess. What'll happen to the £91.2 MILLION restoration fund?💸No surprise as he was gambling with lives driving 99mph! Read our exposé: coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/the… @BladeoftheS @FoE_Cymru @ExtinctionR

Director of Ffos-y-fran ex-coal mine, David Lewis, now refuses to pay to clean up its mess. What'll happen to the £91.2 MILLION restoration fund? 💸No surprise since he was prev. convicted of 88k fraud! Read our exposé: coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/the… @BladeoftheS @FoE_Cymru @ExtinctionR

@CMA_Minerals @cmicommdex @buildingdecarb @IDRICUK @EEAccelerator @industrydec @decarbonizerUK @BookIndustryCAG @WalesGreenParty @WalesClimate 8/8: UK stats just in! Moderate decline in conversion of coal to chemicals within the UK, down to 50,000 tonnes of coal in 2024. Research & investment needed into alternative chemicals, processes, & feedstock to remove coal from chemicals industry💧 coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-and…

7/8: UK stats just in! In 2024, the UK converted 395,000 tonnes of coal into 'minerals' (we're finding out exactly what minerals those are), down from 2023 but still significant & requires action in transferring to climate friendlier alternatives💯 More: coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-and…

1/8: UK stats just in! Demand for coal in 2024 was 2.1 million tonnes, a 52% drop from 2023 📉 This decline is largely due to a 55% fall in coal-fired generation, owing to the closure of UK's last coal power station at Ratcliffe. Our stats dashboard: coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-and…