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Hello to everyone who has taken the time to look at our funding request :)
Raising funds for campaigns,"Hands Over Our Forth", a family friendly event where communities from across Scotland will span the Forth Road Bridge in an act of unity. Standing together we will call on our SNP leadership to:·
- include underground coal gasification UCG in the current moratorium
- call for a total ban based on the evidence and in line with an ever increasing number of countries worldwide.
We are placing a spotlight on underground coal gasification a process which ignites coal seams to extract a syngas. Coal seam fires cannot be regulated and elsewhere have been left to burn indefinitely. The Forth Valley densely populated, faulted and with extensive underground mine workings is not a suitable location for this type of industry.
The first duty of any government is to protect its people. Scottish Citizens cannot be used as guinea pigs for an unproven industry with a history of failure causing serious, irreversible environmental harm.We would like to thank community groups across the UK, Europe and as far afield as Australia who will be joining us or hosting similar protests in support.
We invite you to stand with us in making our call.
Please refer to the 6-minute video, shown, from frack.off.org which is an excellent visual to explain what UGE processes are and how they are a hazard. Evidence-based research has proved that these unconventional mining methods are not only hazardous for our environments but also very dangerous for our health and well-being.
Why is this so important with regards to the Firth of Forth?
What is Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)?
Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a process of Unconventional Gas Extraction, similar to the more well known “fracking”. UCG converts coal into gaseous fuel. Pairs of wells are drilled to access coal seams: one to partially ignite the coal using oxygen or steam, and the second to extract the resulting gas.
Why is this an issue in the Firth of Forth?
There are large reserves of coal in seams under the Firth of Forth, inaccessible to traditional mining techniques. It’s this coal that was mined from the collieries on the Lothian and Fife sides of the Forth for hundreds of years. The coal Authority has sold the licenses to this coal to private companies. This industry will directly affect everyone who lives and works around or cares about the Firth of Forth.
The risks
This is an unproven technology, considered to be far riskier than fracking. The risks of severe environmental damage are high. There can be poisonous leaks and subsidence. This could risk public health in our densely populated area. Scotland’s coal seams are already heavily faulted and mined, increasing the potential for risking ground water contamination, leaks, underground coalseams that have been ignited & physically inaccessable to extinguish and major subsidence, already occuring in other locations where this process has been tested onshore.
Our Forth - a collection of community groups from around the shores of the River Forth...and beyond - have joined forces to campaign against all process of Unconventional Gas Extraction. In the following link, you'll find a recently made video - created by community groups around the Forth - about the risks of UCG and a lot more of what the group is currently doing to help. http://www.ourforth.org/
Why we are doing this now...It is our collective aim to further urge the governments to take heed of what other worldwide countries are doing, imposing all-out bans on all of these processes.
TRANSPORT (return fares payable on the day) AVAILABLE .....please get in touch via email hoof4fof@hotmail.com for details.
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