The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) issued a new deadline for their decision on the coal mine proposed at Whitehaven. It will now be “on or before 8th December”. It is possible but unlikely that Michael Gove, back in the job as Minister for DLUHC, is seriously considering refusal. However this morning […]
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We were expecting a decision on the Cumbria Coal Mine on or before the 7th July but, at 3.30 pm on the 6th, received an email from the department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) saying the decision would be delayed. The reason for the delay got clearer as the day progressed! Today, on
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The decision on the Cumbria Coal Mine could be imminent! Please sign this Greenpeace petition to Michael Gove asking him to say NO. He promised to decide before the 7th July, but it could be earlier, so please act quickly and share the petition on social media. SLACC members may be hoping desperately for the
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South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) is reminding Michael Gove MP, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities of the strong public concern regarding the proposed Cumbria coalmine. This comes as Gove last week received the recommendations of the Planning Inspectorate which held a public inquiry into the opening of the
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Charity says government must listen to continued concern over new coalmine plans South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) says a petition [1] of 285,754 names, handed into the government on Tuesday 15th March, demonstrates continued and increasing concern over plans for a new coalmine for Cumbria. And that the government must listen. The petition was
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On Friday 4th March South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC), sent fresh legal submissions to the Planning Inspector, Stephen Normington, about the implications of a recent Court of Appeal judgement about greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel extraction. Cumbria County Council had said that emissions from the USE of the coal (in steel making)
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