Government approves Britain's first new coal mine in decades

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56% : Greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal - such as in steel and power plants - are seen as the single biggest contributor to climate change, and weaning countries off coal is considered vital to achieving global climate targets.
37% : The Woodhouse Colliery, to be developed by West Cumbria Mining, is expected to create around 500 jobsThe project, unveiled in 2014, has come under criticism from the Government's own independent climate advisory panel as well as climate activists and organisationsEarlier this year, the chair of Britain's independent Climate Change Committee, John Gummer said the Woodhouse project was 'absolutely indefensible'Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Tim Farron, MP for the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency near to the Whitehaven site, said tonight: 'This decision cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy.

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