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413:, directed the Council, in a letter dated 28 September 2020, not to grant permission to the West Cumbria Mining (WCM) application without specific authorisation. The Council's Development Control and Regulation Committee were nevertheless reported to have approved West Cumbria Mining plans for the mine in October 2020 for a third time.
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It is estimated that the coal extracted from the mine would emit 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. In 2019 the UK's total carbon emissions were 354 million tonnes. The UK Climate Change
Committee chair Lord Deben has stated that "this is greater than the level of annual emissions we have
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criticised the approval of the mine stating: 'The UK government has decided not to intervene with the plans of opening a brand new
English coal mine. This really shows the true meaning of so called "net zero 2050". These vague, insufficient targets long into the future basically mean nothing today.'
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Cumbria County Council's planning committee voted unanimously in favour of the project citing "the desperate need for jobs, particularly in deprived wards close to the proposed new mine". Green campaigners announced that they would launch a legal challenge. A spokesperson
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Supporters of the mine have claimed that supplying coking coal for steel manufacture in the UK would reduce coal imports. West
Cumbria Mining have projected the mine would create 500 jobs and said they would pay into a community fund for 10 years. A report by Cumbria Action For Sustainability 2021
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Cumbria Mining is owned by EMR Capital, a company based in Australia that has injected over £20 million into the venture by June 2017. A further £200 million was projected to be spent in final testing, acquisition of rights and the implementation of the mine. The facility itself is
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Mohamed Adow, winner of the
Climate Breakthrough Award and director of the Power Shift Africa thinktank stated: "It's a bizarre and shocking decision. People in the developing world who are suffering from the effects of the climate crisis will be horrified. They are relying on the UK to be their
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drilling into the rock 82 feet (25 m) below the sea bed to a depth of 2,000 feet (600 m). This will determine the quality of the coal and check for any geological conditions that could affect the planning of the mine. On 8 September 2017 West
Cumbria Mining's drilling contractors
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for export. A conveyor would move the coal from the site to a loader 2 miles (2.5 km) away. Trains would number up to six per day including
Saturdays, though the company acknowledge that the increase in traffic on the railway would require signalling improvements on the
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Authority announced that on 18 January 2020 West Cumbria Mining had applied for, and been granted, an indefinite extension to the duration of two of their three Coal Authority licences, as both licences were due to run out on 24 January 2021.
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The mine is expected to have a life of 50 years and employ 500 workers with the possibility the area contains over 750,000,000 tonnes (830,000,000 tons) of coal in its reserves. 80% of the output from the mine has been promised to be railed out of the area to
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The government initially took the view that the decision should be a local one, but became involved in March 2021, putting the project on hold. There was speculation that Robert
Jenrick, the Secretary of State involved, was influenced by the forthcoming
334:. Backers of the scheme point out that Britain imports 6,000,000 tonnes (6,600,000 tons) of coal per year (from which coke is synthesised at large steel plants), of which none is sourced in Europe, with most being from Australia and the USA.
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however proposes the potential for green jobs for Cumbria as an alternative to the proposed mine. A Facebook page "We Support West Cumbria Mining" has been rallying local support to counter the protests from environmental groups.
327:(ESI). The fall in the price of ESI coal in the world markets also precipitated the closure of mines using coal only for ESI. If approved, the mine would be England's first deep coal mine since the Asfordby pit was sunk in 1987.
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site close to Haig Colliery and the suburb of Woodhouse just south of Whitehaven town centre in Cumbria. The proposal would be to mine the carboniferous coal seam up to a maximum depth of 1,804 feet (550 m).
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On 9 February 2021 Cumbria County Council officers told West Cumbria Mining it had decided to return the planning application for Woodhouse Colliery back to their Development Control and Regulation Committee for
424:(CCC), Lord Deben, sent a letter to Jenrick rebuking him for allowing the planning permission to stand. The government responded that the decision not to call in the coal mine would not be reversed.
383:. Additionally, West Cumbria Mining have applied to install a solar farm on the estate that would cover 600 acres (240 ha) and provide 40% of the electricity needs of the mining operation.
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The inferred resources suggest that the mine could produce over 3,000,000 tonnes (3,300,000 tons) of coking coal per year from across a 77-square-mile (200 km) section underneath the
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stated approving the mine showed a "contemptuous disregard for the future of young people" and that "It shows they (the government) are really not serious," about climate change.
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in the Irish Sea. UK Coastguard said they were notified that drilling operations from a jack-up barge had struck a gas pocket approximately one nautical mile from St Bees Head.
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for energy use, but when the quality of the coal was discovered, it precipitated a shift into mining the coal for steelmaking. It is intended to use the coal only for
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squatted the site for a week for their 2023 summer gathering, and called for the proposed mine to not go ahead.
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Samuel, Juliet (24 May 2013). "Vast coal discovery off Cumbria coast 'could fire up British mining industry'".
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1818:"Cumbria coal mine: Tory MPs urge council to give plans the green light"
578:"Young climate activists add to calls to halt planned Cumbria coal mine"
1641:"UK net zero commitment questioned, as government allows new coal mine"
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1087:"Cumbrian coal must stay in the ground where it belongs | Letters"
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1552:"First UK coal mine in decades approved despite climate concerns"
871:"Tony Lodge: Old King Coal is dead, but long live British mining"
795:"First UK coal mine in decades approved despite climate concerns"
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1685:"Climate change: Minister rapped for allowing Cumbria coal mine"
1423:"Climate change: Minister rapped for allowing Cumbria coal mine"
1207:"Planners probe metallurgical coal | Mineral and Waste Planning"
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since the 1980s called the coal mine 'absolutely ridiculous'.
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Jones, Ben (March 2018). "Coal traffic for Cumbrian coast?".
1526:"Robert Jenrick orders public inquiry into Cumbria coalmine"
931:"Global demand for coking coal set to revive Cumbria mining"
822:"Labour considers ban on new North Sea licences in pipeline"
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898:"Date set for closure of UK's last deep mine at Kellingley"
769:"Boris Johnson could clash with backbenchers over coalmine"
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1006:"UK coking coal imports by country 2002-2017 | Statistics"
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1162:"Plans on display for West Cumbria coking coal mine"
656:"Looking back at south Cumbria's extraordinary 2020"
1304:"Whitehaven deep coal mine plan moves step closer"
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252:and plans to extract coking coal from beneath the
744:"Durham Mining Museum - Woodhouse Close Colliery"
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1932:(Report). Whitehaven: West Cumbria Mining. 2017.
1330:"First UK deep coal mine in decades to go ahead"
1188:"Mining crews hit gas pocket off Cumbrian coast"
463:projected from all open UK coalmines to 2050."
349:. The mine head would be located on the former
271:in 30 years (the last such development was the
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604:"Whitehaven coal mine approved for third time"
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