Michael Gove had given the mine the greenlight back in 2022, despite complaints from green campaigners.
Former levelling up secretary Michael Gove approved plans for the mine, in Whitehaven, Cumbria, back in 2022, despite complaints from green campaigners. The High Court has quashed plans to build the first UK coal mine in 30 years, calling the decision to give it the go-ahead “legally flawed”.
The UK government suspended its defence of the scheme back in July, but the site developer, West Cumbria Mining continued to oppose the action. Paul Brown KC, which represented FoE, said in written submissions that there is “no significant need for the coal”, after both British Steel and Tata moved to using electric arc furnaces.Labour government pledged to decarbonise
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