Years ago, mining was an important (albeit dangerous) profession, where workers would travel underground to collect tin and coal, in order to provide fuel and construction materials. However all climate change experts now say that likely one of the best ways to help make things better for our planet is to stop the use of fossil fuels.
The easiest way for us to do this is to simply switch to companies like Ecotricity for energy (this company does not burn abattoir waste to generate electricity, and makes gas from grass!) It also offers business and charity tariffs.
It also does not support fracking (making gas by drilling into the ground, which in some cases can cause cancer and taps even have fire coming out of them, instead of water).
Thankfully it looks like the previous government’s plans to build a new coal mine in Cumbria (which would have detroyed local nature and wildlife) has now been dropped. It was due to be built near Whitehaven, once one of England’s largest ports.
Friends of the Earth said that local land would have been contaminated and sea life impacted, especially since we don’t need coal anymore. The claim that mining would provide jobs is debunked. By the fact that insulating all of England’s homes and investing in cleaner energy provides more jobs than that anyway.
