New UK coal mine plans appear doomed under new government

London (AFP) July 12, 2024
Contentious plans to open the UK's first new coal mine in decades appeared doomed Friday after it emerged the new Labour government will not defend the project's previous approval in court. The High Court in London was set next week to hear the latest legal challenge to the proposal for a coking coal mine near the town of Whitehaven, in northwest England. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Ray