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Home | Friday 8th May 2009 | Issue 675

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COAL CARAVAN

The Coal Caravan 2009 finished on Monday (4th) having travelled 219 miles by bike through the North of England visiting sites and communities threatened with new open cast coal mines and power stations. The riders’ launch party began in the Midlands with Nottingham’s Critical Mass bike ride on April 24th before making its way meandering through the likes of Shipley Glen, parts of Yorkshire, Fairbairn Ings and the North East where it finished up. 

Along the way the party talked to local people, handed out newspapers with detailed info about the dangers of coal expansion and of viable alternative solutions and organised (bicycle powered!) films and events including showings of The Age of Stupid at community events.

The caravan experience, which has been an inspiring example of how to strengthen this growing campaign nationwide, has been blogged with photos at http://coalcaravan.wordpress.com 

Keywords: bicycle powered, climate change, coal, coal caravan, critical mass, open cast coal mines, the age of stupid


 

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