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Local divisions over Woodhouse Colliery scheme echo rows playing out at national level
An anti-mine sign near the West Cumbria Mining HQ. Photograph: Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole
An anti-mine sign near the West Cumbria Mining HQ. Photograph: Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole
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Thu 4 Feb 2021 14.06 EST
Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 04.48 EST
Plans for the UK’s first deep coalmine in more than 30 years have led to local divisions in Cumbria, even as it becomes an international issue over the country’s climate change commitments.
James Hansen, one of the world’s foremost voices on the climate, this week took the unusual step of sending Boris Johnson a strongly worded letter warning that if the mine was allowed to proceed it would lead to “ignominy and humiliation” for the UK.