{"id":29377,"date":"2021-03-12T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29377"},"modified":"2021-03-12T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:13:00","slug":"cumbria-coal-mine-increased-controversy-prompts-public-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29377","title":{"rendered":"Cumbria coal mine: &#8216;Increased controversy&#8217; prompts public inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bbc_120321.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29378\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bbc_120321.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a>The government is to hold a public inquiry to examine plans for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026application had raised issues of \u2018more than local importance\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Ministers had been warned the proposal is damaging the UK&#8217;s reputation in the run up to a major UN climate summit.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders have now been told Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick will intervene because \u2018controversy about the application has increased\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Cumbria County Council, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government said Mr Jenrick believed the application had raised issues of \u2018more than local importance\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-56364306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newschainonline.com\/news\/jenrick-calls-in-controversial-plan-for-new-coal-mine-123229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsChain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is to hold a public inquiry to examine plans for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29379,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29377\/revisions\/29379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}