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Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change will present their case against the decision to grant planning permission for a coal mine in a three-day 'rolled up' hearing scheduled for October. The decision to approve the mine has been strongly criticized for its potential impact on national and international climate targets.
Environmental campaigners lose their bid to have government backing for the Whitehaven mine quashed.
Seven community projects aimed at raising awareness of the climate crisis in Cumbria have been awarded almost £50,000.
A Cumbrian campaign group and Friends of the Earth call for approval for the Whitehaven scheme to be quashed.
The campaign group said it believed the decision to give the coal extraction project the green light was ‘unlawful’.