cumbria, Tag

GMB raises safety concerns amid rumours of budget cuts across sites and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

National Audit Office questions value for money as predicted bill for decommissioning increases by £21bn

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven

Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

National Audit Office to examine risks and costs at nuclear waste site in Cumbria

The fact that it is in Cumbria, far away from London, makes it easily ignorable, writes Isaac Cooper. Plus a letter from Danny Tanzey

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

Voters want climate action but don’t trust politicians to do it. Could projects like a Whitehaven windfarm be the answer?

The controversial decision to approve a new coalmine in Cumbria was met with dismay by UK environmental groups, with many wondering what it meant for a country that has pitched itself as a leader in the green energy revolution...

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

Friends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was given