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BORIS Johnson faces a northern backlash over the Government's decision to "call in" plans for a new coal mine in West Cumbria. Carlisle Conservative MP John Stevenson says he is "disappointed" and frustrated by the shock move.

 

It means the application for a deep mine near Whitehaven to supply coking coal for the steel industry will now be subject to a public inquiry. Environmental campaigners including Greta Thunberg had denounced the project but there is strong support in Tory ranks for what would be the first new deep coal mine in decades. Mr Stevenson told the Sunday Express the UK faced the choice between importing the coking coal for steel production or – in a move which would boost local employment – mining it domestically.

 

Source : https://www.express.co.uk/news