Jenrick criticised over decision not to block new Cumbria coal mine
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Environmental campaigners say failure to call in West Cumbria Mining planning application jaw-dropping'
Environmental campaigners and a local MP have criticised the government's jaw-dropping" decision not to block the building of a climate-wrecking coal mine".
The communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, decided on Wednesday not to challenge the planning application for a new coal mine in Cumbria, despite opposition from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron.
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