CUMBRIA COALMINE
IMMEDIATELY
1. FRIDAY 9 DEC: DEMO: XR North Lakes:
Penrith
Market Pace,
12.30pm
- with placards: #NO TO NEW COAL, etc.
2. SATURDAY 10 DEC: RALLY: XR North Lakes/ West Cumbria FoE - at Whitehaven mine site, 11.00am - a protest: there will be speeches, plus music
from the Wild Chorus (North Lakes):
3. Coal Action Network asks all
Twitter users to tweet with a photo of them holding up a sign to show their
reaction (in ‘Not in My Name’ style) - eg. ‘No New Coal’, ‘We need to Stop Coal
Now!’, ‘Coal - or a Future?’, etc.
Tweets to include: #StopCoal @luhc @CoalActionUK
4. ALOK SHARMA [Tory
Party’s Climate Change Champion (COP26)]: In Guardian,
3 Dec on Cumbria coalmine plan:
“Over the past three years the UK has sought to persuade
other nations to consign coal to history, because we are fighting to limit
global warming to 1.5C and coal is the most polluting energy source.”
“A decision to open a new coalmine would send completely the
wrong message and be an own goal. This proposed new mine will have no impact on
reducing energy bills or ensuring our energy security.”
Sharma has Tweeted:
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85% of coal produced is for export, NOT
domestic us
·
Two major UK steel producers have said
they won’t really use it (moving to hydrogen, poor composition/ too much
sulphur)
·
Won’t reduce energy bills - or take
people out of fuel poverty (already very high in west Cumbria, before this
current ‘cost of living’ crisis)
·
New mine will create 500 jobs - but,
according to the Local Government Association there could be 6000 ‘green jobs’
in Cumbria by 2030 (@LGAcomms )
·
The govt’s own CCC has said it would
INCREASE UK CO2 emissions by 0.4 million tonnes - with clear implications for
our LEGALLY-BINDING carbon emissions budgets
·
Will be a backward step for UK climate
action - and will damage the UK’s ‘international climate reputation’
5. For further facts/figures/arguments, see South Lakes Action on Climate Change: Towards Transition
(SLACCTT) -
Twitter: @slacctt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SLACCTT
