Government have put out 2 more Underground Coal Gasification licenses for Durham The mining town of Easington (where 83 people died after a mine explosion) is smack bang in the middle of these UCG licenses - Easington was the setting for the Billy Elliot Film UCG burns billions of tons of coal underground (for private profit only) - as currently Cameron gives away the nations coal reserves to companies with no UCG experience The people of Durham were not consulted and dont even know yet UCG contaminates groundwater with carcinogenic chemicals (think Erin Brockovitch) 3 UCG trials in Australia all shut down in the past couple of years because UCG is not safe UCG does not only badly contaminate water (worse than fracking) - it also causes explosions - major subsidence above and below ground - and causes more pollution than any other Coal to gas method frackingfreeireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Theft-Of-Austerity-Britains-Coal.pdf The people of Durham will lose access to their beaches all the way down to Hartlepool as the government sneaks out the UCG licenses for Durham, centred on the mining town of Easington Miners put there lives at risk every day because it generated wealth for their families, their town and the government The Coalition is stealing 23 trillion tons of our coal reserves and giving them away - The secret UCG industry the UK government is setting up right now - gives nothing to the exchquer - nothing to the community but pollution - all so private companies make profits for 1000 years There can be no UCG without the British Nations coal reserves - yet the nation has to get no benefit Durham - be warned - because licenses have been issued for private companies to steal your coal and then burn billions of tons of coal under your feet for their profit Britains coal reserves belong to the British Nation - they should be used to generate wealth for the exchequer and cut taxes Instead Cameron is giving them all away now - to ensure the families of the one per cent are the only ones to benefit - they share the future prosperity - while we face austerity Here is the link to the Durham Underground Coal Gasification License coal.decc.gov.uk/en/coal/cms/news/lic_notice2014/lic_notice2014.aspx
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:52:58 +0000
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