Cumbria coal mine
Infrastructure
Legal action to be launched against government's controversial decision to green light plans for a new coking coal mine in Cumbria
04 January 2023
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3 min read
Policy
Government faces mounting pressure to reverse controversial decision to approve UK's first new coal mine in decades
14 December 2022
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5 min read
Wind
Latest evidence of support for onshore renewables development comes as government faces further splits over controversial coal mine planning decision
05 December 2022
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4 min read
Policy
Government tells Friends of the Earth it needs more time to consider 'complex matter'
11 August 2022
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3 min read
Energy
Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand
25 April 2022
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3 min read
Energy
COP26 President presses detonator for chimney stacks at Ferrybridge C power station, hailing the blast as a tangible sign of the ongoing demise of coal power
23 August 2021
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4 min read
Climate change
First-of-its-kind study lays bare scale of potential climate impact from hundreds of new coal mines planned worldwide
19 March 2021
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3 min read
Politics
BREAKING: Government confirms Communities Secretary will now intervene and review plans to build UK's first coal mine in 30 years
11 March 2021
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3 min read
Energy
West Cumbria Mining's plan to open UK's first coal mine in 30 years to be reviewed 'in light of new information', says council
09 February 2021
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5 min read
Politics
But Kwasi Kwarteng defends decision not to intervene in controversial project, arguing it was up to local council to approve or reject the project
19 January 2021
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9 min read
