UK coal mine plan quashed by High Court

A determination is expected connected plans to physique the UK's archetypal heavy ember excavation successful much than 30 years.

High Court justice Justice Holgate is expected to contented his ruling aboriginal regarding plans for the installation to beryllium built successful Whitehaven, Cumbria.

The connection by West Cumbria Mining (WCM) had received the go-ahead by the erstwhile Conservative authorities successful December 2022.

But ineligible challenges were submitted by Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action connected Climate Change (SLACC), who claimed the determination was flawed.

The biology campaigners claimed support did not instrumentality into information the interaction of burning ember connected the situation - lone from moving the mine.

At a proceeding successful July, the recently elected Labour authorities decided not to support the determination to assistance support for the project, citing "an mistake successful law".

WCM fought its lawsuit successful tribunal and argued it could physique a "unique" nett zero mine.

The proceeding was held conscionable weeks aft the Supreme Court ruling implicit an lipid task successful Horse Hill, Surrey, which said that permission had been unlawful due to the fact that it did not see the emissions from burning the oil.