Today's disastrous and indefensible approval of a new Cumbria coal mine could still be halted. But even if it is, the hypocrisy of its approval - by the government which argued at COP26 for an end to coal - is yet another blow to climate diplomacy and international climate action.
"Do as we say, not as we do," say the rich nations.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/08/government-approves-cumbria-coalmine-legal-challenge