TANC - making headlines in the Shropshire Star
Telford Against New coal (TANC) yesterday launched their campaign to stop an opencast coal mine at the foot of the Wrekin Hills from getting planning permission. Besides the obvious climate change implications, the proposed 230 acre site would encroach into the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and ruin some of the largest and most valuable areas of ancient woodland in the county.
If it gets the go-ahead UK Coal expects to extract 900,000 tonnes of coal from the mine and burn it in climate wrecking power stations.
TANC members grilled Telford and Wrekin Council's head of planning for nearly an hour to impress on him the damage that the new mine could cause, both to the climate and the local environment. Their protest outside the council offices in Telford was reported on the front page of the Shropshire Star (which you may be surprised to learn is the second largest circulation regional paper in the country!) and on local BBC radio.
Find out more about TANC at www.tanc.org.uk. And if you need reminding about just what's so bad about the black stuff - read our Case against Coal.
