First coal mine in decades approved, a year after UK lobbied to ‘consign coal to history’ Posted on December 8, 2022 By Charlielikes Ministers have given the green light to a new coal mine, in a move described as “absolutely indefensible” by Lord Deben, the chairman of the government’s official climate advisers. news Tags:‘after, ‘a, ‘consign, ‘first, ‘to, approved, coal, decades, history, in, lobbied, mine, news, topnews, trending, uk, year