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The Woodhouse Colliery could produce up to 2.5 million tonnes of coal each year | Credit: West Cumbria Mining
County council claims potential for new jobs in the short term 'outweighed concerns about climate change and local amenity'
Cumbria County Council's planning committee has unanimously given its backing for a new deep coal mine on the North West coast, arguing the potential short term jobs boost "outweighed concerns about climate...
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