Jenrick criticised over decision not to block new Cumbria coal mine

Environmental campaigners say failure to call in West Cumbria Mining planning application 'jaw-dropping'Environmental campaigners and a local MP have criticised the government's "jaw-dropping" decision not to block the building of a "climate-wrecking coal mine".The communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, decided on Wednesday not to challenge the planning application for a new coal mine in Cumbria, despite opposition from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron. Continue reading...