What is the Cumbrian coalmine and why does it matter?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Detractors point out that building onshore windfarms - until recently subject to a ban in England - would produce many times more jobs and an ongoing source of clean energy.
53% : Environmentally, it is adding to world supply and thus consumption of coal and releasing greenhouse gases, when there is an urgent need to reduce them.
48% : However, at least two UK steel-makers have ruled out using coal from the Cumbrian mine, and steel-makers across Europe are increasingly turning to low-carbon steel-making techniques, such as electric arc furnaces with energy from windfarms and other renewable sources.
48% : He told the Observer: "Over the past three years the UK has sought to persuade other nations to consign coal to history because we are fighting to limit global warming to 1.5C, and coal is the most polluting energy source.
47% :China is the world's biggest consumer of coal and is still building new coal-fired power plants.
41% : Some have argued that using Cumbrian coal would produce less carbon than importing coal for steel-making from other regions, such as Russia.
40% : The coal is also expected to be high in sulphur and therefore liable to be rejected even by steel-makers still using coal.
31% : Some argue it's a low-carbon alternative to importing coal, but others say Woodhouse Colliery would damage UK's climate reputationA new coalmine, the Woodhouse Colliery, has been proposed at a site near Whitehaven in Cumbria, with £165m investment and a production capacity of about 2.8m tonnes of coal a year.
31% : A new coalmine in Cumbria would produce far less carbon than China's planned expansion, but it would fuel criticism of the UK as a "hypocritical" developed country for advocating the phaseout of coal around the world while planning its expansion at home.

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