UK Government rejects plans for new coal mine due to climate change
The UK has decided to stop plans for a new opencast coal mine because it would “adversely impact upon measures to limit climate change”.
The application for the new mine had initially been approved by the local council in Northumberland, but was ‘called-in’ for review by the Minister for Local Government, Sajid Javid.
On Friday, Mr Javid announced his refusal of the coal mine citing the need to prevent dangerous climate change as one of the main considerations.
The project, called Highthorn, was to be located near Druridge Bay in northeast England. It had the potential to extract up to 3 million tonnes of coal over 250 hectares of land.
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