New Cumbria coal mine makes UK a ‘superpower in climate hypocrisy’

Britain’s Conservative government on Wednesday approved the UK’s first new coal mine in three decades, a decision condemned by environmentalists as a leap backwards in the fight against climate change.

Hours earlier, the government had reversed a ban on building new onshore wind farms in Britain. Opponents called that announcement a cynical attempt to offset criticism of the mine decision, The Associated Press reports.

...While “the result of the COP26 summit in Glasgow was already more hype than real progress,” said Power Shift Africa Director Mohamed Adow, “the agreement to phase down coal was one of its few positive outcomes. The fact that the UK itself has now undermined this is breathtaking in its stupidity.”