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...

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! 🤓 www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a... 👀

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...

Great detective work @coalactionuk.bsky.social 👏 Too long polluters have been getting away with it. It's time to make polluters pay. caerphilly.observer/news/1056194...

📢 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. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

📢 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...

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 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 🌍 www.paypal.com/donate/?host... 👀

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 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...

In Poland, a Bill to accelerate coal plant closures whilst compensating and transitioning affected workers passes major milestone this month!💚 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/05/p...

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 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 🤩 www.latimes.com/environment/...

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:

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. Sign your organisation up now: www.bitc.org.uk/ban-the-box-...

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-...

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?🫶

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. Keep your eyes peeled for digital actions you can join us in 👀 buff.ly/oEr5IMe

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The UK has smashed rapidly weaning the UK power supply off coal (& not a single light went out as a result!). But coal is also used in some industries in the UK, & that's where we now need the same dedication to sourcing alternative and sustainable alternatives: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-industry/

Most of our info on coal in the UK is campaign updates & short, accessible website posts...but sometimes we write something a little longer, often based on our own original research. Check out our Government-cited resources: www.coalaction.org.uk/publications/

As UK moves beyond coal, some mining companies haven't got the memo & are still trying to expand their coal mining operations 😓. Glan Lash opencast coal mine in Carmarthenshire have applied to kill off ancient woodland🌳to scrape away the coal beneath it ❌ Read more: www.coalaction.org.uk/glan-lash

What's that? The UK's *still* mining coal?!👀Aberpergwm coal mine in South Wales & Ayle colliery in Northumberland are 2 deep coal mines & produced 107,000 tonnes of coal last year 😬 Less than the UK produced before but its enough to fill over 200 houses with it www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-mine-ca...

How much coal did the UK import last year? How much coal did people burn to heat their homes? Is it getting more or less? Get answers to these questions and many more on all things coal here: www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-facts-a...

Coal Action *Network* is, well, a network. We couldn't do what we do without all the wonderful people and groups we work so closely with. Find out who's making waves on the UK's fossil fuel scene: www.coalaction.org.uk/the-network/

Find out more about the policy buttons we're pushing to make sure when the UK finally closes the door on coal, we lock it shut www.coalaction.org.uk/coal-policy-... Let's open the door to a kinder, greener future for all 💚

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...

Got 2 minutes to stop a £90 million nature restoration fund being turned into windfall private profits? 👀 Use our quick template to message the consultants who are making this possible & share with your mates: actionnetwork.org/letters/writ... Will the consultants cut ties?🤞

We've paid some very clever Barristers 🤓 to work out how to close a massive loophole in the UK Government's coal license ban⚠️ Now it's up to DESNZ to implement it... www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/08/20/n... Share to DESNZ's page so they can't ignore this 🙏

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?💸We're asking consultants not to aid the company evading MILLIONS in clean up. Read our exposé: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t... @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: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t... @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: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t... @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 as he was gambling with lives driving 99mph! Read our exposé: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t... @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: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/07/18/t... @BladeoftheS @FoE_Cymru @ExtinctionR

The global steel industry emits 9% of the annual CO2. To keep up with global decarbonisation trends, Scunthorpe steelworks needs to rapidly decarbonise as well - & the UK Govt must use its part-ownership to invest and leverage that change. More: www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...

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...

Globally, the cement industry uses 4% of coal production. UK cement has begun replacing coal with waste & post-consumer biomass (43% of the fuel used in 2020). If all coal was replaced with alternatives, UK would reduce CO2 by >2million tonnes per year. www.coalaction.org.uk/2025/04/25/c...

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...

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...