Labour says it would stop Cumbria coalmine from opening

Labour would stop the new coalmine in Cumbria from going ahead if elected, and will seek to prevent it progressing before then, the party has said.

The climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh delivered what vulnerable countries had asked for: a decision to establish a bespoke fund to help climate victims recover from disasters.

Ed Miliband, the shadow climate change secretary, said: “A Labour government will leave no stone unturned in seeking to prevent the opening of this climate-destroying coalmine, and instead ensure we deliver the green jobs that people in Cumbria deserve.”

...People in developing countries, on the frontline of the climate crisis, would be viewing the go-ahead for a new mine “with horror”, said Mohamed Adow, the director of the Power Shift Africa thinktank, in Kenya.“It’s the height of hypocrisy,” he said.