Druridge Bay: Government urged to reject new coal mine or risk torching green credentials
EXCLUSIVE: Friends of the Earth writes to Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to warn approval for new open cast coal mine would be "entirely at odds with government's coal phase-out policy"
The government is facing fresh calls to reject the planned Druridge Bay open cast coal mine on climate change grounds, with Friends of the Earth warning ministers risk badly undermining their coal phase...
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