Category: Cumbria

Reeves urged not to cut Sellafield funds amid concern at rise in ‘near misses’

GMB raises safety concerns amid rumours of budget cuts across sites and Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityRachel Reeves has been urged not to carry out mooted funding cuts for nuclear sites including Sellafield amid safety...

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High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.On Friday morning, Justice...

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Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approvedThe company behind the first new coalmine in the UK for 30 years has argued in the high court on Tuesday that it would be...

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will notPreviously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new...

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The Observer view on the indefensible decision to open a deep coalmine in a climate crisis | Observer editorial

The government says the needs of UK steelmaking override the environmental impact. The industry thinks differentlyThe decision to approve a new £165m coalmine in Cumbria reveals an unpleasant truth about the government. It...

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