Britain’s first new coal mine in 30 years BANNED by High Court

A High Court has quashed a planning application for the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years amid backlash from climate groups.

Friends of the Earth (FoE) and South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) brought legal action over a 2022 Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government decision to grant planning permission for the site at Whitehaven in Cumbria.

The Government had previously accepted that around 15 per cent of the coal would be used domestically.

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