Gove stokes environmental anger by approving first new coal mine in 30 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% :Environment spokesman Tim Farron said: "This decision cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy.
53% :The mine's application says that nearly 2.8 million tonnes of coal will be extracted per year.
50% :"Consequently, I consider that the proposed development would have a broadly neutral effect on the global release of GHG (greenhouse gas) from coal used in steel making whether or not end use emissions are taken into account," he wrote.
48% : Stephen Normington said the amount of coal used in steel making would be "broadly the same" with or without the mine.
48% :The decision comes a little over a year after the UK hosted the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, where it lobbied other countries to "consign coal to history".

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