The UK opencast coal industry just received a final nail in the coffin in a landmark vote
Organisations have mounted an energetic campaign against the mining proposals, in a bid to hold the local authority to its word on climate breakdown.
Tommy Greene
Revealed: Government may intervene in Cumbria coal mine application
The council is set to approve the mine – but government could over-rule them.
Victory for environmentalists as plans for major North East coal mine rejected
“The beginning of the end of UK coal.”