From Tuesday 16th July to lunchtime 18th July, Lord Holgate heard the case, brought by South Lakes Action on Climate Change and Friends of the Earth, against the Government’s 2022 approval of a new underground coal mine at Whitehaven.

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Fantastic news today, 20th June 2024. The UK Supreme Court has set a historical precedent, in overturning a previous ruling, considering the legality of approving a new oil site in Surrey...

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A mining company is proprosing to extract the coal from some of the colossal Council-owned coal tips in Bedwas. The company promises that it would use some of the sales of the coal to restore those coal tips later. But South Wales is littered with reasons not to trust restoration promises - and we need to be burying coal, not unearthing it. Read more...

The UK’s last coal-fired power station closes this year, and last year is confirmed the hottest year on record. We’re pleased that the Labour Party has listened to our arguments, along with the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, and Plaid Cymru which have also ruled out any new coal mining...
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