Coal
How local campaigners won the battle to stop coal
September 2024 is the month that the UK’s addiction to coal finally ends. Coal Action Network campaigner Anne Harris explains how people power ended the dirtiest of all fossil fuels.
Written by: Anne Harris
Inside the battle to stop coal
As the legal challenge against Britain’s first deep coal mine in 30 years reaches the High court, we talk to activists at the centre of the fight to stop it.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The communities living in the shadow of the coal industry
Sobering reality — Dan Wilton has travelled across nine European countries capturing the scars on the environment and the consequences for those who live near mines and coal power plants.
Written by: Bea Tridimas
The teens behind a landmark climate lawsuit
Futures before fossil — A group of teenagers from Australia are suing the government over a coal mine extension. Win or lose, it’ll make a profound difference across the world to similar cases fighting to make climate change a children's rights issue.
Written by: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Forever Changes: Teenage life in Britain’s old mining towns
All Dressed Up — Photographer Karen Robinson spent over a year hanging out with the young women of East Durham, illuminating the hopes and dreams of people failed by society. What she captured were candid moments of humour, innocence and working-class resilience.
Written by: Cian Traynor
How activists shut down one of Europe's dirtiest coal mines
Saying no to coal — Climate change is the greatest threat facing our planet – and it doesn’t give a damn where you live. As perpetrators of climate chaos collude across borders, a new wave of activists are forming their own international web. They’re reclaiming our right to self-determination – before it’s too late to act.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Hundreds of activists shut down the UK’s largest opencast coal mine
Direct action against fossil fuels — Reclaim the Power halt work at Ffos-y-fran mine in south Wales to pressure for a post-carbon future.
Written by: Alex King