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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Labour says it would stop Cumbria coalmine from opening

The former Marchon chemical works site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) has been given approval to extract coal.
The former Marchon chemical works site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) has been given approval to extract coal. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Labour would stop the new coalmine in Cumbria from going ahead if elected, and will seek to prevent it progressing before then, the party has said.

Ed Miliband, the shadow climate change secretary, said: “A Labour government will leave no stone unturned in seeking to prevent the opening of this climate-destroying coalmine, and instead ensure we deliver the green jobs that people in Cumbria deserve.”

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