Border West Cumbria Mining

Challenges by campaign groups Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change will be heard on 24-26 October at the High Court in London.

Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) launched legal challenges in January in an attempt to block the construction of the mine.

Campaigners opposed to the new coal mine in Cumbria have reacted to the government’s recent move to help the UK steel industry become greener.