cumbria, Tag

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

National Audit Office to examine risks and costs at nuclear waste site in Cumbria

The fact that it is in Cumbria, far away from London, makes it easily ignorable, writes Isaac Cooper. Plus a letter from Danny Tanzey

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

Voters want climate action but don’t trust politicians to do it. Could projects like a Whitehaven windfarm be the answer?

The controversial decision to approve a new coalmine in Cumbria was met with dismay by UK environmental groups, with many wondering what it meant for a country that has pitched itself as a leader in the green energy revolution...

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

Friends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was given

Head of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’

Michael Gove’s decision to approve a new mine is greeted with anger and frustration by Steven Schofield, Keith Fitton, Dr Chris Haughton, Gary Nethercott and Liz Fairhurst

The government says the needs of UK steelmaking override the environmental impact. The industry thinks differentlyThe decision to approve a new £165m coalmine in Cumbria reveals an unpleasant truth about the government....

‘Red wall credentials’ suspected at Westminster as real reason for approval by Michael Gove

US climate envoy says he will publicly criticise UK’s approval of Cumbrian mine if it adds to emissions