SLACC lawyers have today written to the Planning Casework Unit , the department that is managing the coal mine planning application for Angela Rayner, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). On the 6th February 2025 the PCU had sent a letter , called a “Rule 19 letter” to […]
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Visit our new venue and climate hub at The Eddington on Tuesday 12th November for a presentation by Joe Human reflecting on 40 years since the Ethiopia Famine and the implications of future famines as a result of climate change. This event coincides with the 40th anniversary of Cumbria Development Education Centre. Arrive at 6.45
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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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Ambleside Action for a Future have been asked by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to participate in an on-line workshop in preparation for COP26, the Climate Change Summit taking place in Glasgow in November. In a nutshell, they are wanting to feature Community Climate action that is already taking place across
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A paper arguing that “Cumbria is one place that could really benefit from a green recovery plan” has been published in “Inside Track”, the blog on environmental policy and politics hosted by the Green alliance. By Nick Robins, professor in practice for sustainable finance at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Ciara Shannon, director of EdenWorks
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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.
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