Eviction gets go ahead — Bodge House

19th July 2008
Activists for­ti­fy Bodge House against UK Coal open cast mine and the evic­tion squad

The group of direct activists occu­py­ing Lodge House open­cast site since 18th June have declared that they are ready to resist evic­tion.

19th July 2008
Activists for­ti­fy Bodge House against UK Coal open cast mine and the evic­tion squad

The group of direct activists occu­py­ing Lodge House open­cast site since 18th June have declared that they are ready to resist evic­tion.

UK Coal plans to mine 1 mil­lion tonnes of coal over 5 years from the site near Smal­l­ey, der­byshire.

The com­pa­ny failed in its first attempt to evict the activists but suc­ceed­ed in obtain­ing an pos­ses­sion order at the crown court in Der­by today.

The activists are for­ti­fy­ing Prospect Farm and have built a num­ber of tree­hous­es and an under­ground tun­nel sys­tem.

Sophie from Not­ting­ham said ’ The deci­sion to mine this site was tak­en by cen­tral gov­ern­ment against the wish­es and best inter­ests of local peo­ple and in spite of the coun­cil refus­ing plan­ning per­mis­sion. Occu­py­ing the land is our last defence now that democ­ra­cy has failed. We are call­ing for peo­ple to join us in oppos­ing UK Coal’s greed and con­tempt for local opin­ion.’

‘Open­cast min­ing is par­tic­u­lar­ly pol­lut­ing and dev­as­tates large areas of coun­try­side. Min­ing more coal is not a solu­tion to our ener­gy prob­lems as it is a major cause of cli­mate change. We need to reduce ener­gy use and adapt to more sus­tain­able ways of liv­ing.

We need help in mak­ing finale prepa­ra­tions so get your ass­es here for the fun…

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