Government To Remove Plans to Ban New Coal Mines

Government To Remove Plans to Ban New Coal Mines
A general view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining is planning to once again extract coal, in Whitehaven, England, on March 16, 2021. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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The UK government is moving to remove a ban on the opening and licensing of new coal mines from one of its major net zero laws.

On Tuesday, the government said that a complete ban on new coal mines “isn’t appropriate” and will oppose an amendment that was added to the Energy Security Bill, now known as the Energy Bill, by peers in the House of Lords in April.

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