Black Wood Solidarity Camp
Support for Black Wood Solidarity Camp needed as Ancient Woodland is felled around the camp...
UK Coal plan to extract 720,000 tonnes of coal and 75,000 tonnes of fire clay from Blair Farm over a period of 4 years and 4 months. Planning permission has been granted and preparation has begun on the 92 hectares of land.
This new coal mine is only one of 20 such others to have recently been given planning permission in Scotland. If we are to have any chance of limiting dangerous climate change and protecting communities from carbon-intensive industries we must take matters into our own hands.
The camp is an autonomous space that has been liberated from the greedy clutches of UK Coal. People are very welcome to join and we very much encourage people to get involved, in whatever capacity they feel able to, whether bringing water, producing publicity, building defences or living on the camp. The camp is an active protest site where people are expected to take responsibility for it and the surrounding area that it affects. We will not tolerate abusive language and actions or oppressive behavior.
Hours after the Black Wood Solidarity Camp successfully pushed back its eviction hearing on the 29th March at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, members of the National Eviction Team visited the site to document its defences and presumably to begin the process of evicting the camp.
The next hearing for the eviction order of the Black Wood Solidarity Camp will take place on Thursday 1st April at Dunfermline Sheriff Court at 14:00.
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