At 5:00AM last morning two activists scaled the conveyor tower at Scottish Coal’s Ravenstruther Rail Terminal near Lanark, South Lanarkshire and are currently occupying it and preventing coal from being loaded onto trains which then deliver the coal to power stations.

There is currently a freight train on the private rail sidings at the terminal. The activists say they will maintain the occupation until they are forcibly removed by police.

Mr Jo Reed, one of the occupiers at the terminal, said “I’m taking this action to cost Scottish Coal money as that’s the only thing they’ll listen to. The coal taken here and transported to Drax Coal Fired Power Station in Yorkshire is destroying people’s health and environment in this area - it’s time it stopped! Burning coal is causing runaway climate change and causing harm at home and abroad.”

This is the 6th time that the site has been closed in anti coal protests since December 2008.

The haulage of coal by HGV is a major issue in the area, and protesters are calling for a stop to all haulage through the villages of Douglas and Glespin.

Source - coalactionscotland.org.uk

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