Climate campaigners launch fresh legal action against coal mine approval after High Court setback

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Climate campaigners launch fresh legal action against coal mine approval after High Court setback

Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action for Climate Change allege government's decision to approve mine in December was illegal

The legal tussle over controversial plans to build a brand-new coal mine in Cumbria is set to continue, after climate campaigners hit back at the High Court's refusal to hear an initial legal challenge...

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