Keep supporting our Fundraiser
There has been great public support for our CrowdJustice fundraiser, but we need to press on towards our £50,000 “stretch” target. Every pound counts. Please keep sharing the link with your contacts.
Cumbria Coal Mine Campaign
Launch of Crowd Justice Campaign
See short video of Mike Berners Lee supporting our campaign here. Please donate if you can, but do not “overstretch” yourself. If we are given permission to take a Judicial Review forward in 6 weeks or so, we will reboot our appeal to get the full £50,000 or so that may be needed. This is not all dependent …
SLACC presents new evidence to CCC
In light of the recent decision of the Secretary of State declining to call in the application, SLACC has brought new information to the attention of Cumbria County Council that needs to be considered in the application. Since the Committee considered the application, the Government’s Climate Change Committee has released the Sixth Carbon Budget, covering the …
Coal Mine Campaign Update 6/01/2021
The Secretary of State has decided NOT to “call in” the planning application! We are extremely disappointed (but not surprised) that Robert Jenrick is insisting that West Cumbria Mining’s plan to extract nearly 3 million tonnes of coal a year is not considered to be of national importance, and can be simply a local decision. …
SLACC’s position as presented at the DC&R Committee on 2nd October
The case presented by Maggie Mason, on behalf of South Lakes Action on Climate Change, to Cumbria County Councils’ DC&R Committee on 2nd October can be accessed here.
Call In request
Read the SLACC call in request sent to Robert Jenrick Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 9th October.