UK coal mine plan quashed by High Court

Friday, 13 September 2024 (15 hours ago)
Legal challenges against the project were submitted by environmental campaigners.

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Plans to build the UK's first coal mine in over 30 years has been thrown out by the High Court. Speaking outside court, lawyer Katie de Kauwe said: "Our belief that this coal mine was not only climate wrecking but also unlawful has been completely vindicated by this High Court judgement." Report by...

Coal mine plan quashed by High Court

A High Court judge rules the decision to give permission for the mine was "legally flawed".
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