Tag Archives: Open cast coal
Ancient woodland stands in the way of new coal.
Celtic Energy have lost their challenge against the refusal of their plan to extend an open cast mine into ancient woodland. A bird’s eye view of Margham – ancient Coed Hafod Heulog to the right. The main element of the appeal … Continue reading
The sun shines on Coed Hafodheulog again
It is days like this that really give us a boost when campaigning to protect ancient woodland. On Monday we found out that the appeal to extend the Margam open cast coal mine was dismissed by the Welsh Government and to be honest a little … Continue reading
Coal causes controversy
This week the Woods under Threat team have been working on an open cast coal proposal - ’exciting’ I hear you say, with a touch of sarcasm! And you would be right, parts of the application are immensely complex, the ‘geotechnical … Continue reading
No thanks Celtic Energy!
Time has swiftly rolled on since my last blog and the Public Inquiry into the Margam open cast coal mine extension is already nearly over. Over the last 3-4 weeks Celtic Energy (Margam’s owners) have been setting out their evidence on why … Continue reading
