Incredible to say it, but we are discussing the consent of a new deep coal mine in the UK, despite all that has been said in recent years about the phase out coal.

This is a very bad decision – supporting a technology of the past, with a very poor prospectus for new UK jobs.

Phasing out coal use is the clearest requirement of the global effort towards Net Zero. The Secretary of State’s decision will have implications beyond the UK’s borders.

This was our previous advice.

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