This is a list all MOPG first 50 Press Releases  

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PR 1)        “THIS PLAN TO SCRAPE AND RESHAPE OUR LANDSCAPE MUST BE STOPPED”  (6/10/08)

PR2)         “200 PEOPLE VOTE TO OPPOSE PLANS FOR AN OPENCAST MINE IN MEASHAM”  (23/10/08)

PR3)         “OPENCASTING FOR COAL CAN BOTH BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WEALTH” (19/1/09)

PR4)         “MOPG WINS GREATER PUBLIC ACCSS FOR PLANNING APPLICATION” (10/2/09)

PR5)         “DO THESE PLANS CARRY THE RISK OF MORE APPLICATIONS FOR OPENCAST COAL MINES” (5/3/09)

PR6)         “LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO BE ASKED QUESTIONS OVER ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE POLICY FOR                                OPENCAST COAL” (17/3/09)

PR7)         “CONFIRMED – OPENCAST THREAT TO THE LOCAL AREA TO LAST AT LEAST ANOTHER 12 YEARS” (8/4/09)

PR8)         “DELAY CAUSES ANGER AND FRUSTRATION” (14/4/09)

PR9)         “CANDIDATES TO BE ASKED TO CHANGE MINERAL PLANNING POLICY” ( 11/5/09)

PR10)       “LAUNCH OF PROTEST GROUP WEB SITE” (21/5/09)

PR 11)      “IS A 500 METRE BUFFER ZONE NECESSARY? ALL CANDIDATES TO BE ASKED THEIR VIEWS (24/5/09)

PR12)       “LEICSTERSHIRE’S POLITICAL LEADERS ASKED ABOUT 500 METRE BUFFER ZONE” (27/5/09)

PR13)       “IT WILL HAVE TWICE THE IMPACT AT HALF THE DISTANCE “ (2/6/09)

PR14)       “BUFFER ZONE CAMPAIGN GATHERS POLITICAL SUPPORT” (2/6/09)

PR15)       “CORRECTION- ONLY 70% OF CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED” (3/6/09)

PR 16)      “THE MINORCA OPENCAST MINE PLANNING APPICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED” (7/7/09)

PR17)       “THE CAMPAIGN TO OPPOSE THE OPENCAST MINE PROPOSAL AT MINORCA GATHERS PACE” (8/7/09)

PR 18)      “PROMISES, PROMISES” (13/7/09)

PR 19)      “MINORCA OPENCAST MINE: WILL BLASTING BE ALLOWED?” (15/7/09)

PR 20)      “NEW HEALTH AND SAEFTY FEARS AT MINORCA” (25/7/09)

PR 21)      “DAVID TAYLOR MP TO RALLY THE CAUSE”(28/7/09)

PR 22)      “LET THEM TAKE THE COAL OUT-BUT ITS NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT!” (30/7/09)

PR 23)      “FIVE YEARS OF DISRUPTION FOR SIXTY FIVE DAYS WORTH OF ENERGY PRODUCTION” (4/8/09)

PR 24)      “MINORCA PROTEST TO TAKE TO THE STREETS”   (31/8/09)

PR 25)      “FLAWS DECTECTED IN UK COAL’S MINORCA PLANS” (1/9/09)

PR 26)      “JOBS BONANZA FOR MEASHAM?” (8/9/09)

PR 27)      “COUNTY COUNCIL TO BE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT UKCOAL’S MINORCA APPLICATION” (14/9/09)

PR 28)      “MINORCA APPLICATION GIVEN THE THUMBS DOWN AT A PACKED MEETING” (18/9/09)

PR 29)      “MINORCA: UK COAL FACE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS” (28/9/09)

PR 30)      “UK COAL HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH HOMEWORK SAY PROTESTORS” (3/10/09)

PR 31)     “ NEW CONTROVERSY OVER MINORCA APPLICATION” (12/10/09)

PR 32)      ”UNANIMOUS VOTE-NO TO MINORCA” (13/10/09)

PR 33)     “PUBLIC RAISE NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THE MINORCA APPLICATION” (19/10/09)

PR 34)      MEASHAM PARISH COUNCIL SHOULD THROW OUT THIS APPLICATION (26/10/09)

PR 35)     “HOW LOCAL OPPOSITION TO OPENCAST MINE APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN NULLIFIED BY CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT                        POLICY” (28/10/09)

PR 36)      ”THE ASHBY CANAL TRUST NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THEY ARE ACTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST” (3/11/09)

PR 37)      ”OPENCAST DECISION TIME FOR MINORCA” (10/11/09)

PR 38)     ”UK COAL NOW MEET A SOLID WALL OF OPPOSITION” (13/11/09)

PR 39)     “ MINORCA AND CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTORS TO BE GIVEN CONTINENTAL EXPOSURE” (30/11/09)

PR 40)      “WE ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY AN INVOLUNTARY TAX” SAY PROTESTORS (13/12/09)

PR 41)     “ PROSPECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON ENERGY POLICY AND OPENCAST MINING”                      (18/1/10)

PR 42)      ”150 NEW OPENCAST MINES ON THE CARDS BETWEEN NOW AND 2025 CLAIMS NEW REPORT FROM PROTEST                              GROUP” (19/1/10)

PR 43)      ”MOPG ECHOS CALL FOR A BY-ELECTION- ONLY AN MP CAN GET ANSWERS TO CRUCIAL QUESTIONS THAT COULD                        AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE MINORCA OPENCAST APPLICATION” (27/1/10)

PR 44) “FINAL LINE UP OF CANDIDATES FOR MOPG's PUBLIC MEETING ON ENERGY POLICY AND OPENCAST MINING”                                (2/2/10) 

PR 45) “CALLS FOR A BY-ELECTION IN NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE TO GET AN AIRING ON THE BBC2 DAILY POLITICS                           PROGRAMME.”  (4/2/10)

PR 46) ” ALL CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO OPPOSE THE MINORCA APPLICATION” (9/2/09)

PR 47) “WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE MINORCA APPLICATION TO BE COMPLETED (19/2/10)

PR 48) “UK COAL CHALLENGED TO COMPLETE IT'S MINORCA APPLICATION” (4/3/10)

PR 49) “A NEW REPORT ON UK COAL BOTH OUTLINES THE SCALE OF LOSSES IT HAS MADE ON IT'S MINING ACTIVITIES SINCE                 2000 AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS PROPERTY PORTFOLIO (10/3/10)

PR 50) “OPENCAST  FOR COAL – IT MAY JUST BE THE FIRST STEP TO A MUCH LONGER DEVELOPMENT SAYS A NEW REPORT ON               UK COAL” (10/3/10)

Details of future sets of Press releases will be published seperately

Steve Leary Updated 22/1/11