Despite being a very small charity, SLACC connected with a number of academics and experts on climate change, and with FILE’s help, engaged a first-class legal team to challenge the case for the mine put forward by West Cumbria Mining (WCM). Our expert witnesses, and the witnesses Friends of the Earth (FOE) used to address …
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On Thursday well known Push Krishnamurthy is walking through Kendal on his way to Glasgow for Cop 26. Events include a stall at Kendal Birdcage all afternoon and an evening talk at the Quaker meeting house. Do call at the birdcage (12.00 -4.30pm) to sign a petition and meet friends and colleagues who are supporting …
See the closing statement slacc to the public inquiry here.
Friday 1st October is the last day of the Public Inquiry, and it ends with “closing statements” from FOE, SLACC and WCM. If the morning’s discussion on planning conditions finishes on time, Paul Brown may start his speech for FOE at about 1pm. Each barrister is allowed to speak for an hour and a half, …
As the public inquiry into the Cumbria coal mine [1] moves into its last week, lawyers for a small Cumbrian charity, South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) [2] will make the case that the mine would increase global heating and cause significant UK and global impacts. And that the claimed benefits are local and …
As the public inquiry into the Cumbria coal mine [1] moves into its last week, lawyers for a small Cumbrian charity, South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) [2] will make the case that the mine would increase global heating and cause significant UK and global impacts. And that the claimed benefits are local and …
