The UK ended deep coal production in 2016. So why is it opening a new coal mine in 2021? Vox.com 2/6/2021 Jariel Arvin © Nigel Roddis - WPA/Getty Images Miners react after their last shift at Kellingley Colliery on December 18, 2015 in Knottingley, England.
The United Kingdom is facing strong criticism from climate change scientists and activists for its decision to move ahead with plans to develop the country’s first deep coal mine in 30 years, despite warnings that doing so could destroy any chance of achieving the country’s climate change target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
In a January 29 letter, the Climate Change Committee, an independent body that advises the UK government on progress toward emissions targets, said opening the mine would lead to significant increases in the UK’s annual CO2 emissions. If the mine is allowed to operate through 2049 as is currently planned, the committee says the UK’s goal of achieving net-zero emiss
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