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Radiation Free Lakeland. 16 Feb 24 Dear Councillor of East Riding, At your full meeting on 21st February 2024 I believe a motion is being put forward for withdrawal from the expression of interest  by East Riding Council’s inward investment arm to start a “conversation” with residents about building a geological waste disposal facility for high…

A legal challenge over the government’s decision to approve a new coal mine in Whitehaven has been delayed.

Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) will take part in a hearing today, Tuesday, May 23, at the High Court.

 MAY 3, 2023 BY MARIANNEWILDART Radiation Free Lakeland have just put together a reply to the Government’s consultation on the nuclear dump plans. You don’t have to write a long reply to all their (loaded) questions. The main thing is to say that the GDF and Near Surface plans are too dangerous and that the Government should…

Elly Foster. 2nd May 2023  https://ecohustler.com/technology/what-happens-to-the-uks-nuclear-waste What are the plans for disposing of the UK’s nuclear waste? Let’s not talk about it! Nuclear reactors have existed in the UK since 1956, 67 years. In all this time no single government nor the industry itself has come up with a decent plan for getting rid of…

The company behind the £160 million coal mine off the coast of Whitehaven have said legal challenges won't stop construction starting this year.

COPELAND Mayor Mike Starkie has branded the decision to pursue a legal challenge to try and stop the Governments plans to approve a coal mine in…

COPELAND Mayor Mike Starkie has branded the decision to pursue a legal challenge to try and stop the Governments plans to approve a coal mine in…

Communities secretary Michael Gove granted planning approval for the £165M Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria last month. The decision immediately caused

West Cumbria Mining, which set up Whitehaven office during push for new mine, owned by EMR Capital