28 January 2022
People of the village of İkizköy, located in the Muğla province of Turkey, are resisting the expansion of a nearby coal mine that would bring the destruction of the region’s Akbelen Forest, by maintaining 27/7 watch camps among the trees.
Help raise awareness of the local communities’ struggle and urge people to stand with them by signing their petition: change.org/SaveAkbelenForest
25 November 2019
Since the start of 2016, 69 coal plants have closed or announced to close in Europe, and a net 31 planned projects have been cancelled.
16 November 2021
Fast Fish – Pioneers of Spain’s energy transition
See how one former mining town in Spain has set about adapting to this post-coal world by retrofitting one of its disused coal mines to produce emission-free heat for the community.
28 November 2022
Calling Time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland [video]
Calling Time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland, tells the story of how one Polish region steeped in coal has rejected the Polish government’s strategy to keep burning coal until 2049 in favour of blazing its own path beyond coal by 2030 to build a brighter future based upon clean, renewable energy.
05 February 2018
Sacrificing culture and communities for coal
The Immerather Dom has become a symbol of the lost heritage and community destruction becasuee of the expansion of Germany’s vast Rhineland coal mines.
