Cumbria Coal Mine
ONE of the UK’s most prominent climate scientists has described the government’s decision not to stop the Cumbrian coal mine as ‘absolutely ridiculous.”
Professor Sir Robert Watson has voiced his objections to the mine near Whitehaven at time of growing pressure from campaigners against its approval.
Prof Sir Watson’s remarks come after Prof James Hansen, a respected climate scientist, formerly at NASA, wrote to PM Boris Johnson urging him to stop the project.
PRESSURE: Climate activists have tried to prevent the mine's approval through months of protests
He argued that allowing it to go ahead would lead to “ignominy and humiliation” for the government and the UK, and would be “in contemptuous disregard of the future.