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UK government greenlights first new coal mine in three decades
The UK government has greenlit a controversial plan to open the country’s first new coal mine in three decades, a year after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch coal at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
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State of Play
The use of coal, a staple of heating and electricity-generation for decades, is in decline in the United States — supplanted by newly abundant production of natural gas — but is still dominant in some parts of the world. While economical, coal use is particularly problematic as international attention focuses increasingly on climate change.