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New UK Coal Mine Plans Appear Doomed Under New Government
Contentious plans to open the UK’s first new coal mine in decades appeared doomed Friday after it emerged the new Labour government will not defend the project’s previous approval in court. The High Court in London was set next week to hear the latest legal challenge to the proposal for a coking coal mine near …
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Cumbria coalmine was unlawfully approved, government says | Coal
Coal Lawyers acting for minister say emissions of coal extracted from mine should have been taken into account Thu 11 Jul 2024 17.07 BST The government has admitted that a proposed coalmine in Cumbria was approved unlawfully, as the carbon emissions of coal from the mine should have been taken into account in the planning …