The U.K. considers its 1st new coal mine in decades even as it calls to phase out coal
NPRThe U.K. considers its 1st new coal mine in decades even as it calls to phase out coal Enlarge this image toggle caption Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images GLASGOW, Scotland — Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened this week's climate summit in Glasgow by warning world leaders to take the necessary measures to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, or face catastrophic damage from climate change. But Johnson failed to mention that even as the United Kingdom hosts the U.N. climate summit, it is also considering plans to open a new coal mine, the country's first in decades. When the BBC confronted Johnson about the mine on Monday, the prime minister said: "I'm not in favor of more coal, but it's not a decision for me, it's a decision for local planning authorities." Alexander Greaves, a lawyer for the company, said the project in West Cumbria will be "the first net-zero coking coal mine."
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