The Days of Opencast Coal Mining are Numbered, but the UK Remains a Backer of ‘Black Gold’

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By Isobel TarrJul 16, 2021, 12:00 pm166 pts
Last December, a cross-party council planning committee unanimously rejected what could very well be the last opencast coal application in the UK, proposed at Dewley Hill, an area of greenbelt outside Newcastle. The developer has just declared it will not be appealing the decision, while its latest financial…

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