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UK High Court Revokes Permit for First Coal Mine in 30 Years

OilPrice.com Friday, 13 September 2024 ()
London’s High Court on Friday quashed a planning permission for the UK’s first new coal mine in three decades, ruling that the permit was unlawful as it hadn’t considered the emissions from burning the fuel.  Earlier this year, climate campaigners, including Friends of the Earth, challenged the approval of the coal mining project. The UK’s previous Conservative government approved in December 2022 the Woodhouse Colliery project in Whitehaven, northwest England, developed by West Cumbria Mining.  …
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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...

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Plans for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court

Plans for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court
The decision to grant planning permission for what would have been the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years at Whitehaven in Cumbria has been quashed by a High...
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UK coal mine project thrown out by High Court judge

The decision to approve the UK's first coal mine for 30 years has been thrown out by a High Court judge.
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