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Mainshill Evictions are "Symbol of Ministers' Coal Addiction"
Latest News. Mon., January 25, 2010. 12:27.
GREEN MSP MEDIA RELEASE
Greens condemned today's moves to evict anti-opencast campaigners from Mainshill camp in South Lanarkshire. The camp was set up seven months ago when ten years of opposition by local communities was ignored by the local authority and planning permission granted for a 1.7m tonne opencast coal mine. SNP Ministers last year washed their hands of planning controls over opencast, and significant increases in this form of extraction have been approved, particularly in South Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire and Fife. Communities in East Lothian and Midlothian are also opposing the Airfield opencast proposal near Cousland.
The SNP administration also added a new coal-fired power station to the National Planning Framework last year, again ruling out local objections in advance.
Patrick Harvie MSP said:
"The SNP talk about 'clean coal', but the spate of opencast mines they have approved are its true dirty face. Local residents around Mainshill are facing a blight on their lives that will last for years, and, like them, I support the campaigners who face eviction today. I visited the camp in July, and was impressed by the determination I found there, a real commitment to challenging the local authority's decision to let down their constituents so badly.
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