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The proposals had sparked protest in the area (Friends of the Earth/PA)

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Coal Authority rejects Cumbria development’s request for mining licences

The UK’s coal watchdog has refused to grant coal mining licences for a development that would have been the UK’s first in 30...

By Rebecca Speare-Cole27 Sep 2024UK PA Media

Demonstrators outside the proposed site of the Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria in 2021 (Owen Humphreys/PA)

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Coal mine plans should be ‘permanently shelved’ after court ruling: campaigners

Environmental groups have called for proposals for the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years to be “permanently shelved”.

By Callum Parke13 Sep 2024UK PA Media

Activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the hearing in July (Jonathan Salariya/Friends of the Earth/PA)

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

Mr Justice Holgate said in a ruling on Friday that giving the go-ahead for the coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria was “legally...

By Callum Parke13 Sep 2024UK PA Media

An environmental protestor hangs a banner at the site of a future coal mine to be developed by West Cumbria Mining, in Whitehaven, northwest England, Britain, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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UK’s new coal mine sent ‘adverse international signal’, campaigners say

Campaigners have gone to the High Court to challenge the decision for a new coal mine in Cumbria.

By Reuters16 Jul 2024Reuters

Protesters outside the proposed site of the new coal mine in Cumbria in 2022 (Friends of the Earth/PA)

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UK govt pulls out of legal battle over Cumbria coal mine

The government has withdrawn its defence, recommending the High Court quash the mine's approval.

By Jess Glass And Callum Parke11 Jul 2024UK PA Media