In December 2022, planning permission was granted by the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ("SoS") to extract coal from a coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. The ...

Britain’s approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends of the Earth ...

Climate activists are set for a courtroom showdown with the government over a newly-approved coal mine in West Cumbria. The legal action follows Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove’s decision last ...

LONDON (AFP) — The U.K. announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader. The government ...

The UK’s approval for the first deep coal mine in over three decades is unlawful, a London judge ruled, scrapping the current planning permission for the controversial development. Lawyers for Friends ...

A strike by over 40 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum in a dispute over wages is to be extended into the new year, a ...

A strike by staff at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield has been extended by another four weeks. Trade union UNISON said the industrial action taken by more than 40 staff members, which ...