First deep coal mine for 30 years set to be approved

The first deep coal mine to be dug in the UK in 30 years is likely to secure planning permission today in a move campaigners claim would undermine the Government’s pledge to be carbon neutral by 2050. A meeting of Cumbria county council is set to approve plans for the project at a site near Whitehaven in the North West, despite green activists’ attempts to block them. Planning officers at the council have recommended giving the green light to the mine, which would create 500 jobs in