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WCM coal mine could affect UK’s carbon budgets

Government approval for West Cumbria Mining (WCM)’s plans for a deep coal mine under the seabed off the Cumbrian coast could affect the UK’s legally binding carbon budgets. COP26 Climate change committee (CCC) chairman Lord Debden raised the concerns following government secretary Robert Jenrick’s decision in early January 2021 not to call in, or review, […]