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Planning application for Cumbria coal mine dropped after legal setbacks

The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

The county of Cumbria in northern England is the battleground for a war raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2024

UK Blocks Approval Of First Coal Mine In 30 Years

Environmental campaigners on Friday claimed a "huge victory" after a court ruling overturned a decision to allow planning permission for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years.

International Business Times · Sep 13, 2024

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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 Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024

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 approved

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024

Second charity refuses £10k raised for woman guilty of false rape claims

Women’s group in Barrow was one of two charities to receive money raised for Eleanor Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023

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