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    [5] Another protester, Helen Forbes said: "Local authorities, the Scottish government and companies like Scottish Coal and Scottish Power are ignoring the scientific evidence on climate change. We have to take responsibility for our climate and our future, and stop the coal industry and its expansion. Today at Ravenstruther we're acting responsibly" With Scotland’s CO2 emissions increasing significantly, continuing the consumption of coal will make it impossible for Scotland to meet its 80% target reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. Full Article at UK Indymedia Newswire
    Local authorities, the Scottish government and companies like Scottish Coal and Scottish Power are ignoring the scientific evidence on climate change. We have to take responsibility for our climate and our future, and stop the coal industry and its expansion. Today at Ravenstruther we're acting responsibly
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago
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Key Coal Terminal Shut by Climate and Community Campaigners
  1. Opencast mines will lead to public health disaster, warns poison expert
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago
  2. In the face of dangerous runaway climate change, increasing our dependence on coal – the most polluting of the fossil fuels – is simply unacceptable. We urgently need to switch to renewable energy and close existing mines. We shouldn’t even be thinking about new ones.
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago
  3. Health should come before opencast profit in Douglas
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago
  4. Studies performed in the United States indicate higher lung cancer rates, and higher mortality rates for respiratory, heart, and kidney diseases in communities living in proximity to open-cast coal extraction operations.
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago
  5. The Scottish government is paying lip service to the dangers of climate change. As long as they allow companies like Scottish Coal to dig up our countryside and burn the product we won't meet the targets.
    SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire 1 month ago

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