Polar Bears Populate Welsh Coal Mine

More than thirty climate activists and local residents took mass direct action to prevent excavation work on Britain's biggest ever open-cast coal mine at Ffos-y-fran in South Wales.

Climate campaigners from all over Wales joined with local people from Merthyr Tydfil to evade police and security. They've pledged to prevent work on the site for as long as they can by climbing onto, and chaining themselves to the 1,300 horsepower yellow diggers.

"Gordon Brown's officials this week jet off to Balifor UN talks on cutting carbon emissions but at home they're trying to drag us into a new coal
age."

"Coal is the filthiest fuel known to man and projects like this mine could destroy all our chances of tackling global warming. The battle over this hilltop in Wales is a fight for the stability of the global climate and it epitomises this government's hypocrisy on climate change."

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[visionontv]

well this video has done well, hard to realise I made the video 4 years ago. Were is the whole climate change issue now? What is to be done?

[icex2010]

Wow you all are fucking dumbasses. You god damn tree huggers make me fucking sick you god damn fucking pathetic peices of sorry SHIT. GO FUCK A TREE YOU GOD DAMN FUCKING IDIOTS

[10yrubikscubeguy]

What i say to them is YOU try living without fossil fuel so no car no electricity no camera no youtube no computer.

[MrSEXGOD1111]

What a bunch of idiots. None of those t***s are from wales never mind Merthyr. Why don't they get a job instead of risking other peoples. This was filmed four years ago and the mine is still going strong. All they done was risk their lives and the lives of the people like me trying to get them off the site safely! They break into places and climb all over millions of pounds worth of machinery but they think thats ok. Smelly dirty little rats with nothing better to do.

[MrMalcolmshoyle]

Let the bastards freeze.....in the dark.

[OoysteinO]

I like this! Mostly because it puts light on where the problem really is.

[AliasHanz]

The more I see on tv and the internet the more I like my song .This world Sucks.

[scottaner500]

fuck off we need jobs u cunts get a fucking life

[nightfox]

@2bornot2b1984 It makes it more suseptable to people putting the wrong information on it.

[nightfox]

@2bornot2b1984 You feel like a big boy? Shouting? You ignorance in thinking all corporations do illegal things is flaming. You want more people out of work and seeking money from the goverment? Which in turns puts taxes up so the government has the ability to pay those people. Two wrongs don't make a right. Dont believe everything you read on wikipedia. That is one of the biggest resources of false information on this planet. Because you are able to edit the information on it.