While in opposition, he said he would seek to prevent the “climate-destroying coal mine”, and said that people in Cumbria should have “green jobs”. The mine owner, West Cumbria Mining ...

The planned mine would see coking coal removed from beneath the Irish ... among those who welcome the idea of well-paid jobs in west Cumbria. However, it has drawn the ire of environmentalists ...

West Cumbria Mining (WCM). The environmental groups successfully argued the greenhouse gas emissions created by burning the coal should be considered. The ruling is the latest court decision to ...

If it goes ahead, it would be the first deep coal mine to open in the UK for more than 30 years. In autumn, the Planning Inspectorate held a public inquiry into whether West Cumbria Mining could ...

Plans for the UK to open its first new coal mine in three decades have ... had previously approved a planning application by West Cumbria Mining, but the local authority now says it will ...

Former mayor of Copeland Mike Starkie has said Trump's decision to withdraw has made the government's decision not to go ahead with the West Cumbrian mine 'even more ridiculous.' During his time as ...

"We went to the office of Mark Jenkinson in order to call out the horrors of coal mining ... supporters of the mine who argued it would bring economic benefits to west Cumbria, such as well ...