Walk of proposed opencast site, NE, 18th Jan

The good folks from the NO OPENCAST TODAY OR TOMORROW cam­paign have invit­ed us along to walk the site that U:K coal are plan­ning to destroy with a sur­face min­ing ‘devel­op­ment’.

Stobswood opencastRed KiteThe good folks from the NO OPENCAST TODAY OR TOMORROW cam­paign have invit­ed us along to walk the site that U:K coal are plan­ning to destroy with a sur­face min­ing ‘devel­op­ment’. This walk will out­line the site that U:K coal plan to mine and we should hope­ful­ly see some of the wildlife that is under threat. Lunch will be pro­vid­ed in the com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre after the walk.

When: Sun­day 18th Jan
Where: 9.45am Dip­ton com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
Why: why not?
The n.o.t.t cam­paign has fought a long bat­tle with U:K coal to stop the open cast­ing of the Der­went val­ley. The polit­i­cal cli­mate is cur­rent­ly in favour of coal extrac­tion at any cost com­mu­ni­ty, ecology,climate. The appli­ca­tion is due to be heard around April by Durham/Derwentside coun­ty coun­cil.

Please help stop the need­less destruc­tion of the Pont val­ley sign the on-line peti­tion at www.pontvalley.net or even bet­ter write to coun­ty hall but best of all get out on the walk this com­ing Sun­day. Please for­ward this mail to pub­li­cise this