From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
A victory for widespread sense!
Michael Gove has authorized the primary new UK coal mine in 30 years regardless of concern about its local weather impacts amongst Conservative MPs and specialists.
The proposed mine in Cumbria would dig up coking coal for metal manufacturing within the UK and the world over.
Critics say the mine would undermine local weather targets and demand for coking coal is declining.
However supporters declare the mine, close to Whitehaven, will create jobs and cut back the necessity to import coal.
The destiny of the West Cumbria Mining venture had been hanging within the stability for 2 years after the native county council initially authorized the mine in 2020.
The venture’s approval was suspended in early 2021, forward of the COP26 local weather convention in Glasgow, after the federal government’s local weather change adviser mentioned it could improve carbon emissions.
The federal government’s advisory Local weather Change Committee (UKCCC) identified that 85% of the coal produced by the mine can be exported.
Lord Deben, chairman of the CCC, described the proposal as “completely indefensible” and mentioned its approval would harm the UK’s management on local weather change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/information/uk-politics-63892381
Whereas it is a a lot much less biased piece than the sequence of outright anti-mine propaganda articles written by Harrabin final yr, it’s nonetheless woefully one sided.
Though brief pro-mine feedback are printed from West Cumbria Mining, the native council and Northern Tories, the overwhelming majority of the article is dedicated to anti-mine ones from:
Lord Deben
Mates of the Earth
“Metal specialists”
Ed Miliband
Inexperienced Get together
“Senior Tories, reminiscent of Sharma and Kwarteng
Labour Get together
South Lakes Motion on Local weather Change
I nonetheless don’t perceive why tiny extremists teams reminiscent of FOE ought to get any airtime in any respect on the BBC.
Amongst the arguments in opposition to is that there will likely be little demand coking coal by the 2030s. I’m undecided what this has to do with the likes of Greenpeace, as it’s a purely industrial matter for the corporate to weigh up.
Deben appears to suppose there’s something unsuitable with exporting coal, however he’s evidently glad that Russia exports coal to us, which inevitably results in larger emissions, one thing he claims to care about.
And there’s the standard nonsense about creating inexperienced jobs for the poor saps in Whitehaven who’re determined for nicely paid jobs on the mine. As we’re discovering to our value, these inexperienced jobs are only a mirage.
I collect there’s nonetheless a risk of one other authorized problem, which is the very last thing Whitehaven wants. However hopefully we will now get on with a venture which will likely be good for Cumbria and the nation.
By the way in which, I actually should touch upon this ludicrous piece within the pathetic Unbiased:
In the event that they suppose that’s “Backwards Britain”, what on earth do they name dismantling a wind farm to dig for coal of their beloved EU?
