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Cumbria coal mine: Public inquiry after government U-turn Published image captionArtist s impression of how the new mine will look A public inquiry has been announced into plans for the first new deep coal mine in the UK for decades. The government had previously decided not to intervene in the project near Whitehaven in Cumbria, which was in the hands of local officials. But ministers have taken control because of increased controversy. Green campaigners say the mine will increase carbon emissions and send the wrong signal in the run-up to a UK-hosted climate conference in October. The Woodhouse Colliery would extract coking coal for the steel industry from the seabed off St Bees, with a processing plant at Kells, in Whitehaven. ....
Cumbria coal mine: Public inquiry after government U-turn Published image captionArtist s impression of how the new mine will look A public inquiry has been announced into plans for the first new deep coal mine in the UK for decades. The government had previously decided not to intervene in the project near Whitehaven in Cumbria, which was in the hands of local officials. But ministers have taken control because of increased controversy. Green campaigners say the mine will increase carbon emissions and send the wrong signal in the run-up to a UK-hosted climate conference in October. The Woodhouse Colliery would extract coking coal for the steel industry from the seabed off St Bees, with a processing plant at Kells, in Whitehaven. ....