Coal Action Network
@coalactionuk.bsky.social
Campaigning for our climate. Move beyond coal and insure our future, not fossil fuels. www.coalaction.org.uk
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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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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.
Keep your eyes peeled for digital actions you can join us in 👀
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Keep your eyes peeled for digital actions you can join us in 👀
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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 💯
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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👀
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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...
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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...
Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine in South Wales risks being left as a dangerous scar on our countryside. Find out the lasting impacts on local residents from other opencast coal mines effectively abandoned by mining companies when it came to clean up the mess: www.coalaction.org.uk/2024/11/07/t...
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine in South Wales risks being left as a dangerous scar on our countryside. Find out the lasting impacts on local residents from other opencast coal mines effectively abandoned by mining companies when it came to clean up the mess: www.coalaction.org.uk/2024/11/07/t...
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t...
@BladeoftheS
@BladeoftheS
August 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t...
@BladeoftheS
@BladeoftheS
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💧 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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💧 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
6/8: UK stats just in! Iron & steel industry uses the most coal after electricity generation globally. It is now the biggest user of coal in the UK. The closure & transformation of Port Talbot steelworks is largely responsible for the industry's reducing coal reliance 2023-2024
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
6/8: UK stats just in! Iron & steel industry uses the most coal after electricity generation globally. It is now the biggest user of coal in the UK. The closure & transformation of Port Talbot steelworks is largely responsible for the industry's reducing coal reliance 2023-2024
5/8: UK stats just in! In surprising progress, household reliance on coal fell by some 80% to just 41,000 tonnes of coal between 2023 and 2024🙌 Similar sharp decline 2022-2023.
Good news for both climate change & air pollution inside the home 🌍🏠 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
Good news for both climate change & air pollution inside the home 🌍🏠 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
5/8: UK stats just in! In surprising progress, household reliance on coal fell by some 80% to just 41,000 tonnes of coal between 2023 and 2024🙌 Similar sharp decline 2022-2023.
Good news for both climate change & air pollution inside the home 🌍🏠 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
Good news for both climate change & air pollution inside the home 🌍🏠 More: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
3/8: UK stats just in! Whilst UK coal imports halved in 2024, our exports of coal almost doubled compared with 2023! 📈 Partly due to Ratcliffe power station selling off surplus coal stocks upon closure. Imports still outstripped exports by 700,000 tonnes www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
3/8: UK stats just in! Whilst UK coal imports halved in 2024, our exports of coal almost doubled compared with 2023! 📈 Partly due to Ratcliffe power station selling off surplus coal stocks upon closure. Imports still outstripped exports by 700,000 tonnes www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
2/8: UK stats just in! Massive decline in coal mining from 506,000 in 2023 to 107,000 in 2024. This is due to closure of Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine...but we now expect coal mining to remain the same with no further closures until 2039. www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-mining/
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
2/8: UK stats just in! Massive decline in coal mining from 506,000 in 2023 to 107,000 in 2024. This is due to closure of Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine...but we now expect coal mining to remain the same with no further closures until 2039. www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-mining/
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
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: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...
Barclays funneled $2bn into US coal utilities in 2024... and has just pulled out of the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance, along with HSBC. If you're still banking with either of these climate criminals, it's time to switch. www.theguardian.com/business/202...?
August 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Barclays funneled $2bn into US coal utilities in 2024... and has just pulled out of the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance, along with HSBC. If you're still banking with either of these climate criminals, it's time to switch. www.theguardian.com/business/202...?
Mining coal releases methane and CO2 even if it's not burned. Coal quantities used by the UK water filtration industry is not made public. But it needn't use any: alternatives incl. charcoal (wood), nutshells, glass, garnet, magnetite etc. More: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
August 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mining coal releases methane and CO2 even if it's not burned. Coal quantities used by the UK water filtration industry is not made public. But it needn't use any: alternatives incl. charcoal (wood), nutshells, glass, garnet, magnetite etc. More: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
UK brickworks primarily use coal to colour the bricks. UK brickworks consume approximately 70,000 tonnes per year of these additives, which includes coal. This drives up emissions UK emissions and pollutes our air. The industry must use alternatives: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
August 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
UK brickworks primarily use coal to colour the bricks. UK brickworks consume approximately 70,000 tonnes per year of these additives, which includes coal. This drives up emissions UK emissions and pollutes our air. The industry must use alternatives: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
Gasification and chemicals: coal is used in gasification plants to produce chemicals such as methanol, ammonia, and polyvinyl chloride. LNG gas can be used instead of gas. The UK uses negligible coal for this, relying on waste/biomass instead. Read more: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
August 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Gasification and chemicals: coal is used in gasification plants to produce chemicals such as methanol, ammonia, and polyvinyl chloride. LNG gas can be used instead of gas. The UK uses negligible coal for this, relying on waste/biomass instead. Read more: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...
Explore Ffos-y-fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. A promise of restoration unfulfilled, a community impacted. #MerthyrTydfil #360Photo #Wales #StopCoal
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Explore Ffos-y-fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. A promise of restoration unfulfilled, a community impacted. #MerthyrTydfil #360Photo #Wales #StopCoal
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
New myth-busters 🐉 from us to battle back the growing fake news on coal in the UK.
READ. THINK. SHARE. REPEAT 🤔
www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/myt...
READ. THINK. SHARE. REPEAT 🤔
www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/myt...
July 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New myth-busters 🐉 from us to battle back the growing fake news on coal in the UK.
READ. THINK. SHARE. REPEAT 🤔
www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/myt...
READ. THINK. SHARE. REPEAT 🤔
www.coalaction.org.uk/about-us/myt...
⚠️ ‘Rescuing’ clean‑burn coal? The Senedd claims about coal tips were misleading. We set the evidence-backed record straight: 🔗 coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/03/f... | #FakeNews #ClimateCrisis @leohickman.carbonbrief.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
⚠️ ‘Rescuing’ clean‑burn coal? The Senedd claims about coal tips were misleading. We set the evidence-backed record straight: 🔗 coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/03/f... | #FakeNews #ClimateCrisis @leohickman.carbonbrief.org
Restoration of the UK's biggest opencast coal mine is at risk as mining company tries to wriggle out of the contract. It would leave behind a dangerous ☠️ landscape on the the doorsteps of the 58,000 living in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Explore our 360 gallery: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Restoration of the UK's biggest opencast coal mine is at risk as mining company tries to wriggle out of the contract. It would leave behind a dangerous ☠️ landscape on the the doorsteps of the 58,000 living in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Explore our 360 gallery: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/02/3...
Find out about Welsh nature & ancient forest that hangs in the balance as Camarthenshire County Council considers an application to extend the Glan Lash opencast coal mine.
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Find out about Welsh nature & ancient forest that hangs in the balance as Camarthenshire County Council considers an application to extend the Glan Lash opencast coal mine.
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
Check out our gallery of the lush ancient woodland at risk by the application to extend an opencast coal mine in South Wales. It's not too late to object (link on page below) ⤵️
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
@goodlawproject.bsky.social @foecymrucydd.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
@goodlawproject.bsky.social @foecymrucydd.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Check out our gallery of the lush ancient woodland at risk by the application to extend an opencast coal mine in South Wales. It's not too late to object (link on page below) ⤵️
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
@goodlawproject.bsky.social @foecymrucydd.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/18/t...
@goodlawproject.bsky.social @foecymrucydd.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
Community representatives from Chile, Peru and Zambia are speaking in London on 01 May about resisting Anglo American mining giant. Sign up to the event now: actionnetwork.org/events/from-...
April 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Community representatives from Chile, Peru and Zambia are speaking in London on 01 May about resisting Anglo American mining giant. Sign up to the event now: actionnetwork.org/events/from-...
We pull no punches with this damning investigation into Welsh corporate scandal, cheating local community out of tens of £millions to restore land after 16yrs coal mining ravaged environment💔 Council refuses to act - will @welshgovernment.bsky.social step in?
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/02/06/w...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/02/06/w...
February 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We pull no punches with this damning investigation into Welsh corporate scandal, cheating local community out of tens of £millions to restore land after 16yrs coal mining ravaged environment💔 Council refuses to act - will @welshgovernment.bsky.social step in?
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/02/06/w...
www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/02/06/w...