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Journalist and now author, Tommy Greene, rejoins us to talk about the plucky coalmine that is using the investor courts (remember CETA folks?) to sue the British Govt for messing with their profits. Read more here:https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/11/uk-government-to-be-sued-in-secret-corporate-court-by-coal-firm-represented-by-tory-mp/
We also go deep into the green slime that is Lough Neagh, the worsening environmental disaster, the political panto in lieu of action and what, if anything, is likely to happen next.
No eels were injured in the making of this podcast.
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Recommended Coal Long read:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2024/12/15/the-bitter-final-showdown-over-british-coal-as-sun-sets-on-dirtiest-fuel
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